Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software

Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software

[David Starks-Browning]

Greetings Cygwin devotees,

It is known that Network Associates (formerly McAfee) anti-virus
software can "hang" or otherwise behave poorly when dealing with
Cygwin .tar.gz files.

Has anyone experienced this problem with other anti-virus software?

(You needn't tell me that you use such-an-such and don't have a
problem.  Or to confirm that you've had problems with McAfee.  Just
report problems with other anti-virus scanners.)

Thanks very much.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)

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Re: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software

[Doug Wyatt]

It might be worth noting in the FAQ entry on antivirus checkers
that McAfee (at least) has a list of files and dirs to be excluded
from scanning.  Putting the Cygwin root dir in this list helps a
lot.  Of course, the user must then take responsibility for checking
files before putting them in the Cygwin work area(s).

Regards,
Doug Wyatt

> Greetings Cygwin devotees,
> 
> It is known that Network Associates (formerly McAfee) anti-virus
> software can "hang" or otherwise behave poorly when dealing with
> Cygwin .tar.gz files.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this problem with other anti-virus software?
> 
> (You needn't tell me that you use such-an-such and don't have a
> problem.  Or to confirm that you've had problems with McAfee.  Just
> report problems with other anti-virus scanners.)
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Regards,
> David
> (Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
> 
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>   The European Bioinformatics Institute  |
>   Wellcome Trust Genome Campus           | tel: +44 (1223) 494 616
>   Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK       | fax: +44 (1223) 494 468
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Re: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software

[Tim Prince]

McAfee has not prevented me from running cygwin setup under W98, but NAV has
prevented it under W95C, while NAV5 doesn't interfere under W2K.  Intel's
antivirus software doesn't get along with their own software delivery
formats under W2K; I didn't think it worth the effort to try .gz.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Starks-Browning" <starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
To: <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software


> Greetings Cygwin devotees,
>
> It is known that Network Associates (formerly McAfee) anti-virus
> software can "hang" or otherwise behave poorly when dealing with
> Cygwin .tar.gz files.
>
> Has anyone experienced this problem with other anti-virus software?
>
> (You needn't tell me that you use such-an-such and don't have a
> problem.  Or to confirm that you've had problems with McAfee.  Just
> report problems with other anti-virus scanners.)
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Regards,
> David
> (Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
>
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------
>   David Starks-Browning                  | starksb@ebi.ac.uk
>   EMBL Outstation --                     |
>   The European Bioinformatics Institute  |
>   Wellcome Trust Genome Campus           | tel: +44 (1223) 494 616
>   Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK       | fax: +44 (1223) 494 468
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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Re: Cygwin .tar.gz files and anti-virus software

[Kevin Layer]

  Greetings Cygwin devotees,

  It is known that Network Associates (formerly McAfee) anti-virus
  software can "hang" or otherwise behave poorly when dealing with
  Cygwin .tar.gz files.

I get the same thing.  I've excluded virus scan from looking at the
directories in which I keep .tar.gz files.  It keeps my stress level
lower.  :)

I tried (in vain) to report this to NA, but they didn't seem to want
the bug report.  I looked for about 20 minutes for an email address on
their web site, then finally chose one I knew was wrong.  Then reply
back was "don't report this here" but without a place to report it.

  Has anyone experienced this problem with other anti-virus software?

  (You needn't tell me that you use such-an-such and don't have a
  problem.  Or to confirm that you've had problems with McAfee.  Just
  report problems with other anti-virus scanners.)

  Thanks very much.

  Regards,
  David
  (Cygwin FAQ maintainer)

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