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Re: Cygwin setup.exe flagged by AVG as high level security threat because of Win32.AirCrack.c
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:26:15 -0400
- Subject: Re: Cygwin setup.exe flagged by AVG as high level security threat because of Win32.AirCrack.c
- References: <4ACC89E5.2060605@uncommercial.co.uk>
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Martin N Brampton wrote:
> I cannot find any reference to AirCrack anywhere in documentation directly
> related to Cygwin.
Unless you got a bad copy of cygwin from a disreputable site, that
someone has inserted a virus into, it doesn't contain aircrack or any
other malware. It is most likely just a false positive match from the
virus checker, which is not an uncommon occurrence. See
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.virus.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>
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