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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Symantec Says setup-x86_64.exe is "Untrustworthy"
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 20:58:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <773b81a3-3f28-7d66-4d97-85725d0db0a9@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e91fa1ca-d171-4391-a29a-1a9bb7167eed@gmail.com>

On 2017-07-06 14:41, Douglas Mach wrote:
> When I try to download setup-x86_64.exe from
> (https://www.cygwin.com/install.html), my version of Symantec (Version
> 12.1.6(12.1 RU6 MP5) build 7004 (12.1.7004.6500)) says “There is strong evidence
> that this file is untrustworthy”. It then deletes the file. Note, it does NOT
> get upset at the 32-bit version (setup-x86.exe).

Report a false positive to your product vendor and add an exception for the URL.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-06 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-06 20:41 Douglas Mach
2017-07-06 20:58 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2017-07-09 15:14 ` Andrew Schulman

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