Trojan associated with rsync and wget

[Gary R. Van Sickle]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Dave Korn
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:23 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Trojan associated with rsync and wget
> 
> ----Original Message----
> >From: bob sandefur
> >Sent: 03 May 2005 17:57
> 
> > Hi-
> > 
> > Norton antivirus thinks cygwin wget and rsync are trying to 
> Trojan my 
> > machines (first reported in December)
> 
>   No, it thinks they *are* trojans that have got onto your 
> machine and are trying to communicate out.  Norton AV is a 
> pile of garbage.  If I were you, I would report these false 
> positives to Norton.
> 
>   Then again, if you were me, you would just uninstall it and 
> throw it in the bin with the rest of the garbage.
> 

I unfortunately have to second David's emotion here.  Norton has caused me
more problems than it ever solved, including the loss of several days' work
(though that was several years ago).  The ironic and sad thing is, I've
never lost any work to a virus.

Even more unfortunately, I don't think McAffe is much better.  I've had
similarly bad experiences in the past with it, though I've been using its
latest incarnation at home for quite a while now and it hasn't caused me any
problems that I know of.  Yet.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle


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