X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=AcR6eLOJxjYdBkOl cxSj4atMnZ7rNgUNAevu1jAvXLHKQZvDScy7lK7hEy2HYcsRXFt4uL61qfrI66KW o4lVzr297EhRC7A/46yhsd5l0kxtmepkfyKmihukM6nIDGdXYTrwj8Nv9QtOi/iJ VlkD7w2cjUBrI747uFQJtoKFaS4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=wPxzKcHLhD5HPjVfmrcyBo jROa0=; b=D+w0R7chwxgOPySzbgu26K0WUvzuQsC7R9UAakX5jbyuYYT8yv+iR0 sKIuJNvObCIi9Tm1x0TBUacfXPGROu7lKo4dcUCbq8I/64WqhYmxOV6YujDEjcKl IRXI98at4kI4LW8DXwt0sbPS9NAapGL2YujHpQjUlHxG2MGLybeP8= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=threat, Antivirus, Avast, avast X-HELO: dubbekarl.dk Subject: Re: Inconsistent "Unable to extract /usr/bin/ssh-agent.exe" message and disappearing files To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1c2b4ee9-59bb-5768-8af7-3284cad4ac13 AT dubbekarl DOT dk> <764669105 DOT 20170401153412 AT yandex DOT ru> From: Jan Normann Nielsen Message-ID: <8e4c83c0-be10-7df4-5b5a-dd601bd94ae7@dubbekarl.dk> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 14:10:39 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <764669105.20170401153412@yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Den 01-04-2017 kl. 14:34 skrev Andrey Repin: > >> After using Cygwin for a couple of years, suddenly today a lot of files >> in my Cygwin folder were missing, most notably cygwin.bat and >> bin/ssh-agent.exe. I have no idea what has happened, the files were >> there yesterday. I don't remember if I did an update after yesterday's >> use, but I certainly don't remember any errors occurring if I did. I >> tried reinstalling the openssh package, but it refused to do so. >> Unfortunately I didn't write down the error message but I suspect it was >> the same as the one occurring below. > Assuming you run setup with elevated privileges… Sounds much like an > "antivirus" acting up. Indeed it was my Avast Antivirus detecting an "IDP.Generic" threat. I've reported it as a false positive to their website and hopefully this will make the problem disappear for me and others in the near future. Thanks for the assistance. :-) Best wishes, Jan -- 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