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Subject: Re: Detecting intrusive programs in cygcheck (was: RE: SOLVED: sshd+ssh localhost connects, but don't reach the shell)
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On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 10:40:14PM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>2.  Would it make any sense to have cygcheck look for ZoneAlarm, any
>and all AV programs, Google Desktop, etc etc etc, and at least
>prominently flag their existence, if not make some clear statement to
>the effect of "This program is almost certainly causing your problem,
>plus dozens of others you don't even know about.  Uninstall it."?
>IIRC, Setup actually gives the user the option of temporarily disabling
>AV software.

Absolutely, yes.

Anyone know how to do this?

cgf

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