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Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:55:42 +0000
From: Greg Chicares <gchicares@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: trojans in cygwin
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On 2010-11-03 14:26Z, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> Monika Pietrzyk <...> was heard to say:
> 
>> C:\Documents and Settings\toshiba\Desktop\CYGWIN 1.7.5-1\ftp%3a%2f%2fftp.uni-
>> kl.de%2fpub%2fwindows%2fcygwin%2f\release\csih\csih-0.9.1-1.tar.bz2/usr\share
>> \doc\Cygwin\csih.README     detected: Trojan.ATRAPS!IK
> 
> I'm by no means a trojan or virus guru, but if your anti-malware  
> software detects trojans in plain-text README files, I'd be concerned  
> about that software, not about cygwin. Maybe you should consult a  
> second opinion (i.e. a different type of malware detection software)  
> before drawing any conclusions.

False positive. Here are nineteen scanners that find no problem in that file:
  http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/669d2427f855083dfaf7f97572ae475dbcd21875
I'd suggest that the OP send that link, along with the file(s), to:
  http://support.emsisoft.com/

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