* Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe
@ 2017-12-20 21:01 Greg Taylor
2017-12-20 21:56 ` Lee
2017-12-20 22:22 ` Sean Murphy
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From: Greg Taylor @ 2017-12-20 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 12/20/17 @ 12;20pm PST I downloaded the most recent version of
setup-x86_64.exe which was flagged as a threat by Norton Antivirus.
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* Re: Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe
2017-12-20 21:01 Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe Greg Taylor
@ 2017-12-20 21:56 ` Lee
2017-12-20 22:22 ` Sean Murphy
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From: Lee @ 2017-12-20 21:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 12/20/17, Greg Taylor wrote:
> On 12/20/17 @ 12;20pm PST I downloaded the most recent version of
> setup-x86_64.exe which was flagged as a threat by Norton Antivirus.
What does https://www.virustotal.com say about the file? (I get 0/67
- all clean)
You can also download https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe.sig
& do gpg --verify setup-x86_64.exe.sig
hopefully you get something along the lines of
gpg: Signature made Mon, Dec 11, 2017 1:36:32 PM EST
gpg: using DSA key 0xA9A262FF676041BA
gpg: Good signature from "Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>"
Lee
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* Re: Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe
2017-12-20 21:01 Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe Greg Taylor
2017-12-20 21:56 ` Lee
@ 2017-12-20 22:22 ` Sean Murphy
2017-12-20 22:50 ` Vijaya Subramanian via cygwin
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From: Sean Murphy @ 2017-12-20 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Greg Taylor <greg.k.taylor@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/20/17 @ 12;20pm PST I downloaded the most recent version of
> setup-x86_64.exe which was flagged as a threat by Norton Antivirus.
It means Norton's heuristics jump the gun about Cygwin's setup. I
encountered this quite a few times in the past before I stopped using
Norton.
You have to go into Norton's settings and whitelist it as a trusted application.
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* Re: Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe
2017-12-20 22:22 ` Sean Murphy
@ 2017-12-20 22:50 ` Vijaya Subramanian via cygwin
2017-12-20 23:13 ` Greg Taylor
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From: Vijaya Subramanian via cygwin @ 2017-12-20 22:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin, Sean Murphy
Just tell Norton you trust the application-it will say too few users but also give you the option to say you trust the app.
On Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 2:44:33 PM MST, Sean Murphy <s.pat.murph@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Greg Taylor <greg.k.taylor@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/20/17 @ 12;20pm PST I downloaded the most recent version of
> setup-x86_64.exe which was flagged as a threat by Norton Antivirus.
It means Norton's heuristics jump the gun about Cygwin's setup. I
encountered this quite a few times in the past before I stopped using
Norton.
You have to go into Norton's settings and whitelist it as a trusted application.
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2017-12-20 22:50 ` Vijaya Subramanian via cygwin
@ 2017-12-20 23:13 ` Greg Taylor
2017-12-21 0:09 ` Greg Taylor
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From: Greg Taylor @ 2017-12-20 23:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vijaya Subramanian, cygwin
I downloaded the file setup-x86_64.exe again and now the scan reports no
threats.
Version 2.882 was all clear
Version 2.883 downloaded at 12:30pm reported a threat
Version 2.883 downloaded at 2:14pm PST was all clear
I looked in the logs and there was a WS.Reputation.1 risk which is
essentially a crowd sourced threat level.
The following URL explains this type of warning:
https://community.norton.com/en/forums/clarification-wsreputation1-detection
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Vijaya Subramanian via cygwin <
cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> Just tell Norton you trust the application-it will say too few users but
> also give you the option to say you trust the app.
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 20, 2017, 2:44:33 PM MST, Sean Murphy <
> s.pat.murph@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Greg Taylor <greg.k.taylor@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 12/20/17 @ 12;20pm PST I downloaded the most recent version of
> > setup-x86_64.exe which was flagged as a threat by Norton Antivirus.
>
> It means Norton's heuristics jump the gun about Cygwin's setup. I
> encountered this quite a few times in the past before I stopped using
> Norton.
>
> You have to go into Norton's settings and whitelist it as a trusted
> application.
>
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