cygwin1.dll & cygz.dll is a virus

cygwin1.dll & cygz.dll is a virus

[Joel P. Kuntz]

Good Afternoon,

   I certainly hope this is one of those intelligent questions.  I work 
at the University at Buffalo.  We have been experimenting with cygwin 
to provide a sshd on machines so we can do remote administration on our 
servers securely.  We also happen to be running Norton Antivirus 
Corporate Edition 7.x.

   The latest definition files dated February 13, 2002 indicate that 
cygwin1.dll and cygz.dll are EggHead viruses.  I think it is a false 
positive.  Has anyone else reported this?

   Thank you for your time and assistance.

Joel
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Re: cygwin1.dll & cygz.dll is a virus

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 02:52 PM 2/14/2002, Joel P. Kuntz wrote:
>Good Afternoon,
>
>    I certainly hope this is one of those intelligent questions.  I work 
>at the University at Buffalo.  We have been experimenting with cygwin 
>to provide a sshd on machines so we can do remote administration on our 
>servers securely.  We also happen to be running Norton Antivirus 
>Corporate Edition 7.x.
>
>    The latest definition files dated February 13, 2002 indicate that 
>cygwin1.dll and cygz.dll are EggHead viruses.  I think it is a false 
>positive.  Has anyone else reported this?



Um, yes.  With nauseating repetition.  

I'd suggest that if you're unsure whether you're asking an intelligent 
question or not, particularly about a new (to you) issue, the first place
to look is the email list archives.  Common problems are going to show up
there in droves.  In the case of this particular issue, you would see the 
entire debate on this issue over just the past two days.  Given Norton's 
obvious error, it looks like we'll be seeing lots of repeated email queries
to this list about this issue. :-(

Time for me to set up a new email filter! ;-)



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