From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 71166 invoked by alias); 1 May 2016 18:01:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 71154 invoked by uid 89); 1 May 2016 18:01:11 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=ron, gaw, Gaw, malware X-HELO: mail-in-17.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-17.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-17.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.57) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sun, 01 May 2016 18:01:01 +0000 Received: from mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.28]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qyZx63jNdzYQN for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 20:00:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-15.arcor-online.net (mail-in-15.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.55]) by mail-in-11-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D1C31BCDC for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 20:00:57 +0200 (CEST) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-15.arcor-online.net 3qyZx50rjzzB6cZ Received: from Gertrud (p54B46F42.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.180.111.66]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-15.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3qyZx50rjzzB6cZ for ; Sun, 1 May 2016 20:00:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin DLL 2.5.1 setup-x86_64.exe flagged by AVG for IDP.ARES.Generic References: <1262999207.5580004.1462120717636.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1262999207.5580004.1462120717636.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 18:01:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <1262999207.5580004.1462120717636.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> (Ron Gaw's message of "Sun, 1 May 2016 16:38:37 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: <871t5lpsiy.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.93 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2016-05/txt/msg00005.txt.bz2 Ron Gaw writes: > When I ran setup-x86_64.exe (the newly downloaded version 2.5.1), AVG > popped up and warned that IDP.ARES.Generic was detected attempting to > install, and asked me to "Protect" by removing the threat. I > (hopefully) erred on the side of caution and agreed to the protection. https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.virus > I've searched the Mailing lists at Cygwin and I've Google searched for > the IDP.ARES.Generic issue (including variations of the Google search > to require mention of Cygwin in the results returned), but I'm not > finding anything. It's a false positive based on a faulty heuristic meant to catch certain types of polymorphic malware. Each time setup.exe gets updated they seem to need another report before they whitelist setup.exe again. So please report it to AVG. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple