DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:content-type:mime-version:subject:from
	:in-reply-to:date:content-transfer-encoding:message-id
	:references:to; q=dns; s=default; b=KmEPgr/VmpFDZnrQEgN44HIaNJV8
	KIqBOCRnWBqbcL6mS00SnxnQMHAZP9YvYJ2D5akbbrkLUZDAbAKXC5RG83inob+U
	uiU8ReyQ0MJcT4uSG8UaOsj6a81H/WzuGhTLd4W7T78wkiH62ScuGBpxgG6cTcgO
	VNI64PonjVd0LJA=
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\))
Subject: Re: Cannot Run Executable Files
From: Warren Young <wyml@etr-usa.com>
In-Reply-To: <568F4224.3050402@cygwin.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:48:02 -0700
Message-Id: <90E6D4EB-0396-4D4C-8605-288417C73011@etr-usa.com>
References: <01158D67-D512-4862-8003-1B79FBA86A71@gmail.com> <568F4224.3050402@cygwin.com>
To: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

On Jan 7, 2016, at 9:59 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@cygwin.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2016-01-07 20:14, Zac G. Al Wakeel wrote:
>> Thank you Warren, it worked. But what would you suggest for future? I can't
>> leave the machine without antivirus
> 
> Start by choosing one NOT on this list:
> 
> https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda

Are you certain that Windows Defender belongs on that list?  I’ve run it for years without problems.

Microsoft has different incentives to provide antimalware software than the third-party commercial providers, which I find provides better outcomes:

1. Defender doesn’t have to trigger all kinds of false positives to “prove” that it’s doing things for you, so you’re scared into paying them again next year.

2. It’s from the OS provider, so it naturally does its thing using MS-provided mechanisms, instead of the shady API hooking that other antimalware providers use.

3. Microsoft would prefer that you believe there is no malware problem, so it takes as few running resources as possible, and pops up only when it’s really necessary.

IMHO, there is no reason to run anything other than Microsoft’s antimalware offerings.  Microsoft finally took ownership of this problem, and is now doing a good job of trying to solve it.
--
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