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clarify how to disable anti-virus safely during setup

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David Starks-Browning 2002-01-23 23:53:39 +00:00
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@ -81,12 +81,14 @@ 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).
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?