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Re: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software
- To: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Subject: Re: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software
- From: Kevin Layer <layer at franz dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:06:34 -0700
- cc: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
Greetings Cygwin devotees,
It is known that Network Associates (formerly McAfee) anti-virus
software can "hang" or otherwise behave poorly when dealing with
Cygwin .tar.gz files.
I get the same thing. I've excluded virus scan from looking at the
directories in which I keep .tar.gz files. It keeps my stress level
lower. :)
I tried (in vain) to report this to NA, but they didn't seem to want
the bug report. I looked for about 20 minutes for an email address on
their web site, then finally chose one I knew was wrong. Then reply
back was "don't report this here" but without a place to report it.
Has anyone experienced this problem with other anti-virus software?
(You needn't tell me that you use such-an-such and don't have a
problem. Or to confirm that you've had problems with McAfee. Just
report problems with other anti-virus scanners.)
Thanks very much.
Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
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