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Hello,

* On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 03:30:11PM +0100 efa AT iol DOT it wrote:
> >From: marco DOT atzeri AT gmail DOT com
> 
> >antivirus ?
> >http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
> 
> thanks,
> from this list I had Sophos Anti-Virus installed in the system. It is version 
> 9.5 fully updated and not 7.
[...]
> As I cannot admin this Sophos installation I cannot disable the scannig of 
> Cygwin root installation.
> I will try to ask to the admin to add this excetion (low possibility I think).

Even worse: In many cases, just adding exceptions is not enough. In many
cases, BLODA (especially Antivirus) has to be uninstalled. Although not
active in the directory, or even when the services are disabled, many
Antivirus software programs still interfere.

> BTW seems strange Sophos interfere only with Cygwin.

Well, the Antivir programs do not only interfere with Cygwin. However,
Cygwin is doing some tricks in order to perform its task, and these
tricks are more likely to fail with Antivirus programs active.

Furthermore, there are some (many?) programs that specifically
work-around problems with Antivirus software. For example, I know for
sure that SVN has some special code to handle a problem with some
Antivirus programs.

Best regards,
   Spiro.

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