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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:10:51 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> 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."


How about a port of 'fortune' with a custom 'tips' database?  Put it in 
the default /etc/profile...

--Chuck



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