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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:12:40 +0530
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Subject: Re: Cygwin & Virus
From: Karthik Balaguru <karthikbalaguru79 AT gmail DOT com>
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:12 AM, David Antliff <david DOT antliff AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, You are Correct. My actual question was related
to this query. I was eager to know if the files touched by
cygwin(Linux environment) would get infected due to an
virus in Windows system ?

>
> Or are you asking about viruses targeted at Cygwin specifically?
>

This is other thought that i had in my mind while thinking
about protecting files in linux environment(Cygwin) against
that of windows. Is it possible ?

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

Thinking over the similar lines, another query popped up
in my mind - Is cygwin more vulnerable to Windows based
Virus or Linux based Virus ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru

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