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Re: Cygwin & Virus


On 3/13/2010 7:26 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote:
Hi,
Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment.
What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by
virus ?

Very low. If you have a virus checker that's pointing at a Cygwin utility as a virus, I'd recommend running that reported virus-infected file against at least a few other checkers before drawing any firm conclusions. FWIW, there has never been a confirmed virus from any Cygwin utility installed via 'setup.exe'.


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