From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 98561 invoked by alias); 20 Dec 2017 22:22:26 -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 98545 invoked by uid 89); 20 Dec 2017 22:22:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=threats, 30pm, H*c:alternative, 2.883 X-HELO: mail-oi0-f46.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f46.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f46.google.com) (209.85.218.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:22:23 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f46.google.com with SMTP id w125so15663774oie.7 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:22:23 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=gHnu/HZu1RyiJdflOHO5g3DWAm/T7trhRAHuHnop2Ig=; b=CuLh8RVfRa8diL8W/Aoa/BY9YZt/3jXXIJFxXnCx8e50w0fYKcq7m5LvJZLD7Zb0XD eHRGC7UvO2Y8QTlwvL1POBtnYVkJUUhk/LwFMgr22txI0If081yCe/qyMMsgptCgB3Kv 2KLros6Cf0gGaIm/1K9PHS2QjZRk8jPExbJehZZMs/fUn3GCZgYxOdzI/YHk2Uev0vL/ e73ZyD5caSx78Pf+Yt19ufafaTm4FVCaoEXyCSS92yq2QgyXkTWmVa4dPHMq/FLv8e13 ZWa2A3lJOvQ6+/70ijcyN+5qtgEOrUU+z17NW/NxhQG8U9nFLbkn7WfY+j5548vUF3cm ezWA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJrLV+uFF1sT9AJCam9zrz3BLOIqijaKDsILBikvsYlH20MSHs6 1a+RooNdxft02aWW7+sfZV2SDaLWuqfxH7DWSbY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBovPPlwb/4SqjjHXaR3R8NyxZQuF6nNW4RFFMGxnOc+WWBZ8CtwM63XhmMDBo3iFzxbZr+t6T8nLOSCC5MUUX0M= X-Received: by 10.202.59.139 with SMTP id i133mr6077024oia.211.1513808542113; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:22:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.74.128.203 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:22:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1027529357.2141466.1513806966642@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1027529357.2141466.1513806966642@mail.yahoo.com> From: Greg Taylor Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:13:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Norton antivirus detects a threat in setup-x86_64.exe To: Vijaya Subramanian , cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-12/txt/msg00234.txt.bz2 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 > 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. > > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 > > -- 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