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Re: love fun virus in setup.exe
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 03:16:17PM +0400, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Stefan Keil
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:55 PM
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: love fun virus in setup.exe
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > after I upgraded to version 2.78 of setup.exe it was reported
> > by Norton AV 2000 to contain a Love.Fun virus. A complete scan
> > of all drives found no other problem with any file.
> >
> > I upgraded a couple of days ago so maybe the version has changed
> > already,
> > but please be alert and scan your local version!
> >
>
>
> Please, try several AV products before claiming "virus found".
I agree wholeheartedly. Chris builds setup.exe on a Linux box which
very unlikely generates a Windows virus.
Corinna
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