Exclude cygwin folder from malware scans?

[Shankar Unni]

Fred Ma wrote:
> After some surfing, I haven't found any evidence of malware targetting
> cygwin.  I'm considering excluding the massive file tree from scans
> (AV, SpyBot, AdAware).  I'd be interested in more experienced opinions
> about this.  Thanks.

I'd still be wary of as-yet-unknown viruses that reach out and infect 
loaded DLLs. You probably should continue to scan c:\cygwin\bin, but 
exclude everything else (which is still a big help).


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