Cygwin install crashes & reboots without leaving a trace

[Arend Rensink]

On 25-9-2014 15:13, Andrey Repin wrote:

> Kaspersky "Antivirus" is notoriously known for protecting the users from
> their computers. Also, ".Generic" is a sign that the detection was based on
> heuristics.

Good guess, it's Kaspersky.

On 25-9-2014 16:10, Bob wrote:

> You might try renaming setup-x86.exe to something less scary like
> cygwin-myfriend.exe, and using --no-admin option if not already.

I tried both, without any luck.

In the meanwhile I convinced our admin I know what I'm doing (more or less)
so I've been given control over the virus detection settings. Problem solved.
Thanks for your help.

--Arend

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