Re: cygwin Digest 27 Mar 2018 08:53:38 -0000 Issue 10744

Re: cygwin Digest 27 Mar 2018 08:53:38 -0000 Issue 10744

[Stephen Lyons]

On 27/03/2018 09:53, cygwin-digest-help@cygwin.com wrote:
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> cygwin Digest 27 Mar 2018 08:53:38 -0000 Issue 10744
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> Topics (messages 211932 through 211934):
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> Tarball from cygwin.com git tag
> 	211932 by: Wolfgang Stoeggl
> 	211933 by: Marco Atzeri
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> Re: Request for supply
> 	211934 by: Karen
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For unusual reasons I was looking at my EMail on a Windows PC and it's
Anti-Virus (AVG Free) detected a Win32:Malware-gen infection in the file
Inquiry.exe inside Inquiry.gz inside the third message of this digest
(Issue: 10744) - given that that was a spam message anyhow, is such
*malicious* junk common in this mailing list?  Is it was just that I
happened to be using a vulnerable platform (i.e. Windows) whereas I
normally lurk from a *nix one that means I'm encountering something that
Windows/Cygwin users see frequently here?

Stephen



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Re: cygwin Digest 27 Mar 2018 08:53:38 -0000 Issue 10744

[Marco Atzeri]

On 4/18/2018 3:15 AM, Stephen Lyons wrote:
> On 27/03/2018 09:53, cygwin-digest-help@cygwin.com wrote:

> 
> For unusual reasons I was looking at my EMail on a Windows PC and it's
> Anti-Virus (AVG Free) detected a Win32:Malware-gen infection in the file
> Inquiry.exe inside Inquiry.gz inside the third message of this digest
> (Issue: 10744) - given that that was a spam message anyhow, is such
> *malicious* junk common in this mailing list?  Is it was just that I
> happened to be using a vulnerable platform (i.e. Windows) whereas I
> normally lurk from a *nix one that means I'm encountering something that
> Windows/Cygwin users see frequently here?
> 
> Stephen
> 

We have noted an increase of SPAM and some are passing through the
filters of the mailing list.

It is usually not common but in my experience gmail is rejecting
5-10 mail per year from the mailing list due to dangerous attachment.

Regards
Marco


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Re: cygwin Digest 27 Mar 2018 08:53:38 -0000 Issue 10744

[cyg Simple]

On 4/18/2018 2:45 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 4/18/2018 3:15 AM, Stephen Lyons wrote:
>> On 27/03/2018 09:53, cygwin-digest-help@cygwin.com wrote:
> 
>>
>> For unusual reasons I was looking at my EMail on a Windows PC and it's
>> Anti-Virus (AVG Free) detected a Win32:Malware-gen infection in the file
>> Inquiry.exe inside Inquiry.gz inside the third message of this digest
>> (Issue: 10744) - given that that was a spam message anyhow, is such
>> *malicious* junk common in this mailing list?  Is it was just that I
>> happened to be using a vulnerable platform (i.e. Windows) whereas I
>> normally lurk from a *nix one that means I'm encountering something that
>> Windows/Cygwin users see frequently here?
>>
>> Stephen
>>
> 
> We have noted an increase of SPAM and some are passing through the
> filters of the mailing list.
> 
> It is usually not common but in my experience gmail is rejecting
> 5-10 mail per year from the mailing list due to dangerous attachment.
> 

Yes and then the bounced mail causes the sourceware.org mail system to
send a probe mail to see if my mail account is still active.  Which is
annoying.

I've CC overseers to see if we can come with a solution to this issue.

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