Files disappearing from /bin

Files disappearing from /bin

[Robert Perlberg]

I'm having a weird problem with Cygwin.  I've been running the same version of Cygwin for 9 years without updating the package or the operating system (Windows 8).  Everything has been working great for 9 years, but now whenever I use the package, files disappear from the /bin directory.  Specifically, whatever executables are running at the time will disappear.  Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

Re: Files disappearing from /bin

[Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan]

Hi Robert,

The symptoms might be caused by antivirus software running in your
PC/laptop.

Check in your antivirus logs to see if there are any removal/quarantine
action taken by it

Thanks

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022, 6:30 PM Robert Perlberg <robert_perlberg@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm having a weird problem with Cygwin.  I've been running the same
> version of Cygwin for 9 years without updating the package or the operating
> system (Windows 8).  Everything has been working great for 9 years, but now
> whenever I use the package, files disappear from the /bin directory.
> Specifically, whatever executables are running at the time will disappear.
> Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
>
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Re: Files disappearing from /bin

[Robert Perlberg]

Thank you very much.  That's exactly what happened.  Apparently, AVG now thinks that Cygwin is a virus.  I've added it to the exceptions list.

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From: Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan <sharuzzaman@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 7:44 AM
To: Robert Perlberg <robert_perlberg@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Files disappearing from /bin

Hi Robert,

The symptoms might be caused by antivirus software running in your
PC/laptop.

Check in your antivirus logs to see if there are any removal/quarantine
action taken by it

Thanks

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022, 6:30 PM Robert Perlberg <robert_perlberg@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm having a weird problem with Cygwin.  I've been running the same
> version of Cygwin for 9 years without updating the package or the operating
> system (Windows 8).  Everything has been working great for 9 years, but now
> whenever I use the package, files disappear from the /bin directory.
> Specifically, whatever executables are running at the time will disappear.
> Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
>
> --
> Problem reports:      https://cygwin.com/problems.html
> FAQ:                  https://cygwin.com/faq/
> Documentation:        https://cygwin.com/docs.html
> Unsubscribe info:     https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
>