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.mu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Greg Taylor <greg.k.tay...@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. > > -- > 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
