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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:37:01 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Virus Found
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:44:59PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 02:37 PM 9/10/2001, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>>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.
>
>
>The more obvious, the better!  Do you think you can get this entry to
>flash in front for of user's when they install? ;-)

You've got a smiley there, but I think that this actually might be a good idea.
I'd like to add more words to the setup process like:

"Turn off your virus software" and "Hey!  Check out /usr/doc for more info."

cgf

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