X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <53b627ea1003131626t2fbc23f1r794a25b0fec5188c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:12:40 +0530 Message-ID: <53b627ea1003200042w603357d5gfd5b7aaf7d24fba4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Cygwin & Virus From: Karthik Balaguru To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:12 AM, David Antliff wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 13:26, Karthik Balaguru wrote: >> Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment. >> What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by >> virus ? > > Hello Karthik, > > I don't entirely understand your question - are you asking whether a > Windows virus infection can affect files manipulated by Cygwin on that > same system? I would imagine the answer is yes if Cygwin is using > standard OS facilities to read/write files. Yeah, You are Correct. My actual question was related to this query. I was eager to know if the files touched by cygwin(Linux environment) would get infected due to an virus in Windows system ? > > Or are you asking about viruses targeted at Cygwin specifically? > This is other thought that i had in my mind while thinking about protecting files in linux environment(Cygwin) against that of windows. Is it possible ? > Or are you asking about the vulnerability of Cygwin to Linux-targeted > viruses (of which there aren't very many)? > Thinking over the similar lines, another query popped up in my mind - Is cygwin more vulnerable to Windows based Virus or Linux based Virus ? Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple