X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4B9C3563.703@cygwin.com> References: <53b627ea1003131626t2fbc23f1r794a25b0fec5188c@mail.gmail.com> <4B9C3563.703@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:16:33 +0530 Message-ID: <53b627ea1003200446n2a866f9dn4621d7616742151c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Cygwin & Virus From: Karthik Balaguru To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 6:31 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 3/13/2010 7:26 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment. >> What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by >> virus ? > > Very low. =A0If you have a virus checker that's pointing at a Cygwin > utility as a virus, I'd recommend running that reported virus-infected > file against at least a few other checkers before drawing any firm > conclusions. Is there any preferred checker from cygwin ? > FWIW, there has never been a confirmed virus from any > Cygwin utility installed via 'setup.exe'. > 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