trojans in cygwin
Greg Chicares
gchicares@sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 3 14:55:00 GMT 2010
On 2010-11-03 14:26Z, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> Monika Pietrzyk <...> was heard to say:
>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\toshiba\Desktop\CYGWIN 1.7.5-1\ftp%3a%2f%2fftp.uni-
>> kl.de%2fpub%2fwindows%2fcygwin%2f\release\csih\csih-0.9.1-1.tar.bz2/usr\share
>> \doc\Cygwin\csih.README detected: Trojan.ATRAPS!IK
>
> I'm by no means a trojan or virus guru, but if your anti-malware
> software detects trojans in plain-text README files, I'd be concerned
> about that software, not about cygwin. Maybe you should consult a
> second opinion (i.e. a different type of malware detection software)
> before drawing any conclusions.
False positive. Here are nineteen scanners that find no problem in that file:
http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/669d2427f855083dfaf7f97572ae475dbcd21875
I'd suggest that the OP send that link, along with the file(s), to:
http://support.emsisoft.com/
--
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
More information about the Cygwin
mailing list