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On 1/1/2011 3:12 PM, Carl Lund wrote:
> Hi--
>
> On running Cygwin setup today, Norton Security complained about two files
>
> tee.ext and date.exe
>
> Norton used its SONAR (see below) to detect what it thought was a high
> security risk. They claimed programs were behaving suspicious on my computer.
> One thing that flagged these files was that there were less than 100 people
> that have used this application. Norton did not know the origin of these
> files. I don't know what to say about all this, but I thought I'd let you
> know what I found. I've been using Cygwin for many years, so I'm hoping
> nothing really dangerous was involved this time. Otherwise, my update seems
> to have gone through.

<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-03/msg00758.html>

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Larry

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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