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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 13:52:30 -0400
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: RE: Virus report in cygwin
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At 01:35 PM 8/3/2001, Peter Buckley wrote:
>Try another anti-virus program. McAfee is 
>famous for its false positives 
>on .tar.gz files. Don't worry, 99 to 1 odds 
>(or better) that there is no virus in the 
>file. Maybe this should be a faq? Maybe it 
>is in the faq already? 

Yup.

The README says I should turn off anti-virus software. Isn't that dangerous?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC10


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