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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 19:37:26 +0100
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Virus Found
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On Monday 10 Sep 01, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) writes:
> >         I was installing cygwin from the internet. I believe that I was
> >using the mirrors.rcn.net download site. My virus software, VirusScan,
> >detected a virus in
> >gdb\gdb-20010428-1.src.tar.gz.tmp\GDB-20010428-1-SRC.TAR.GZ
> >
> >         You might want to check on that.
> 
> 
> You should refer to the FAQ for things like this (it makes for useful 
> reading regardless of course!)  Here's the appropriate entry for this 
> case:
> 
> The README says I should turn off anti-virus software. Isn't that dangerous?
> http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC10

Indeed, but it's not as obvious as it should be.  People don't bother
with the README file now that setup.exe works so well, so I should
re-do this FAQ entry.

Cheers,
David


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