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Re: Strange problem running Cygwin installer
- From: "John Lynchehaun" <lynchej at btinternet dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:28:04 +0100
- Subject: Re: Strange problem running Cygwin installer
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- Reply-to: <lynchej at btinternet dot com>
Hi,
I have experienced a similar problem with downloading the 32-bit installer.
I have just attempted to download the setup-x86.exe file from cygwin.com;
I have attempted this on both a Windows XP SP3 machine (yes I know) and a
Windows 7 Pro SP1 machine.
In both cases Symantec's Norton Internet Security has removed the downloaded
file, and then submitted a Symantec 'Statistical Submission: WS.Reputation.1'
to Norton Community Watch:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-051308-1854-99
I have never previously experienced Symantec anti-virus causing a problem
of any kind with Cygwin; it has always correctly identified the source of
the installer. I am using the latest version (as of this morning) of Nortons
and it's definitions.
I noted that the size of the downloaded file at both 769kB (this at 2014-12-22 12:04 UTC)
and 734kB (this at 2014-12-22 09:08 UTC) is considerably smaller than a download of the
same version (v1.7.33) performed on 2014-11-18 (at 879kB approx). Is there something
being missed from the build that be the cause of the problem?
John L.
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