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Re: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software


McAfee has not prevented me from running cygwin setup under W98, but NAV has
prevented it under W95C, while NAV5 doesn't interfere under W2K.  Intel's
antivirus software doesn't get along with their own software delivery
formats under W2K; I didn't think it worth the effort to try .gz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Starks-Browning" <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
To: <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software


> 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.
>
> 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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