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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2002-01-23 23:53:39 +0000 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2002-01-23 23:53:39 +0000 |
| commit | 240d0759d6e28d9cd2c7029265673cedc80df7f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 35673e9bc18ed01f8653e0bb3afbad3813761bbc /winsup/doc/install.texinfo | |
| parent | e6269e5ae9e585771ab85a16c30f08d2c40f8f89 (diff) | |
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clarify how to disable anti-virus safely during setup
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo index 99ca39d6a..e6591a3f3 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo @@ -80,13 +80,15 @@ procedure should be a fairly safe way to do that: @item Run setup to download and extract all the tar files. -@item Re-activate your anti-virus software and scan everything -in C:\cygwin (or wherever you chose to install). +@item Re-activate your anti-virus software and scan everything +in C:\cygwin (or wherever you chose to install). If you're concerned +about a malicious package, say if a mirror is compromised, then you +should scan your entire hard disk after running setup. @end enumerate -This should be safe, as long as nobody substitutes a malicious -@code{setup.exe}! +This should be safe provided setup.exe is not substituted by something +malicious. @subsection What packages should I download? |