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Message 948616 - Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 21:01:00 UTC

Hi,

I'm running Boinc for a while. When i upgraded from XP to Win7 i saw something strange.



Is there any connection with this site and Boinc? (The site is blocked in my router). Even after a restart the connection stays.
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Message 948627 - Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 21:57:37 UTC

No.

Boinc has nothing to do with Partypoker. You should run your anti virus software and check your computer.
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Message 948662 - Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 23:43:05 UTC

What version of BOINC are you running? Where is the BOINC data directory (one of the directories may be hidden, and if you have not found client_state.xml you have not found the BOINC data directory).


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Message 948749 - Posted: 21 Nov 2009, 5:53:03 UTC - in response to Message 948627.  

ok, thanks.

Scanned my system (Symantec endpoint, housecall fromTrend Micro and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware <Mbam>) and the system is clean.

Also searched in regestry and files: Clean...

Even cleaned my DNS cache and it stays...

well.. lets hope its a ghost in my network (since its blocked in my router)

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Message 948783 - Posted: 21 Nov 2009, 10:08:13 UTC - in response to Message 948749.  

Since it affected your Skype as well, it was probably an image-link on a web site you had (last) open. Those damn adverts are around a lot on (Dutch) websites these days, as if the only 'normal' advertisements are those about Poker. Yuck.
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