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RE: proxy_windows_386.exe Firewall Notification

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BBBGaudreault Brian <bgaudreault@edrnet.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2015, 19:57 UTC
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Lol, sorry.  I meant to post in the Vagrant forums.  Too many projects going on at the same time!
-----Original Message-----
From: Konstantin Khomoutov [mailto:kostix+git@007spb.ru] 
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:43 PM
To: BGaudreault Brian
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: proxy_windows_386.exe Firewall Notification

On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:46:58 +0000 BGaudreault Brian <BGaudreault@edrnet.com> wrote:

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> Hello, when connecting to a Vagrant Shared VM via SSH, I'm getting a 
> Windows Firewall prompt about 'proxy_windows_386.exe' (in C:\Program
> Files\hashicorp\vagrant\embedded\gems\gems\vagrant-share-1.1.0
> \localbin\), which looks like a malware-type name.  Here's the
> message: "Windows Security Alert.  Windows Firewall has blocked some 
> features of this app.  Windows Firewall has blocked some features of 
> proxy_windows_386.exe on all public and private networks.".
> 
> So I did a quick search for this file name on the Internet as well as 
> the Git-SCM.com/community site and haven't found any clear 
> explinations about what this file is and if it's safe.  If this is a 
> legitimate safe file, I think it's important that this is clearly 
> documented in the Git documentation.  Can someone verify the details 
> about this file?

I fail to get how did you manage to connect "proxy_windows_386.exe" with Git. Care to elaborate on this?

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  1. BGaudreault BrianJun 11, 2015
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovJun 11, 2015
  3. BGaudreault BrianJun 11, 2015

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