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Re: Norton flagging as malware
- From: Robert Pendell <shinji at elite-systems dot org>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:07:31 -0500
- Subject: Re: Norton flagging as malware
- References: <4B3622B7.20101@ornl.gov>
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM, James Rome wrote:
> Norton flagged regtool.exe and update-mime-database as malware in your
> latest distribution.
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That is an issue with Norton and their dodgy behavioral scanning. I
have tried to get them to make exceptions but they won't do it.
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
Robert Pendell
shinji@elite-systems.org
CAcert Assurer
"A perfect world is one of chaos."
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