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Subject: Re: Virus found in gdb, ghostscript and python
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 13:05:05 -0700
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If this is not covered in the FAQ's for cygwin, gcc, and McAfee, it should be.  McAfee cannot be used with .gz files.  You must turn
off file checking, at least for .gz type.  For any type of file, if McAfee gives a virus indication but is unable to identify a
virus, it is almost certainly a false positive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shirley Goldstein" <cusgsjn AT alpha DOT oac DOT ucla DOT edu>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: fyi: Virus found in gdb, ghostscript and python


> Hello,
>
> This morning I downloaded from ftp://ftp.nas.nasa.gov the complete
> (default) cygwin download and installed it.  My virus checker
> (Network Associates McAfee VirusScan ww/SP v4.5.0.534
> Virus definitions: 4.0.4145  Scan Engine: 4.1.40)
> found 3 files it didn't like during the install, which it
> suggested be deleted as they were not clean-able:
>
>  7/3/01 10:03 AM Deleted SYSTEM
>  C:\tmp\latest\gdb\gdb-20010428-1.tar.gz\GDB-20010428-1.TAR
>
>  7/3/01 10:04 AM Deleted SYSTEM
>  C:\tmp\contrib\ghostscript\ghostscript-5.50-2.tar.gz\GHOSTSCRIPT-5.50-2.TAR
>
>  7/3/01 10:11 AM Deleted SYSTEM
>  C:\tmp\contrib\python\python-2.1-1.tar.gz\PYTHON-2.1-1.TAR
>
>
> Shirley Goldstein
> UCLA-Academic Technology Services
> 5308 Math Science, Box 951557
> Los Angeles, CA  90095-1557
> (310)206-9605
> cusgsjn AT ucla DOT edu
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu
>
>
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