On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > On 3/13/2010 7:26 PM, Karthik Balaguru wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Since cygwin is a windows utility that provides linux environment. >> What is the probability of the linux environment to get infected by >> virus ? > > Very low. If you have a virus checker that's pointing at a Cygwin > utility as a virus, I'd recommend running that reported virus-infected > file against at least a few other checkers before drawing any firm > conclusions.
Is there any preferred checker from cygwin ? > FWIW, there has never been a confirmed virus from any > Cygwin utility installed via 'setup.exe'. > Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
