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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:42:52 +1300
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 13:26, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
> Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment.
> What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by
> virus ?

Hello Karthik,

I don't entirely understand your question - are you asking whether a
Windows virus infection can affect files manipulated by Cygwin on that
same system? I would imagine the answer is yes if Cygwin is using
standard OS facilities to read/write files.

Or are you asking about viruses targeted at Cygwin specifically?

Or are you asking about the vulnerability of Cygwin to Linux-targeted
viruses (of which there aren't very many)?

-- David.

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