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Message 1674214 - Posted: 5 May 2015, 21:52:52 UTC - in response to Message 1674195.  

Yep, Panda was the problem. For some reason it classified the .exe as a virus and locked it. Hope it works now.

Seen from the outside, BOINC behaves as a potential virus. It downloads executables from the Internet without user intervention. These executables manipulate data on the computer, open connections to the Internet and send data to somewhere. A trojan, keylogger or some other malware just behaves the same, so the AV software play safe and classifies it suspicious. Normally things clear out itself, after the executable is whitelisted by the AV company. The only way to be on the "bleeding edge" of development and use the latest executables, it is essential, to exclude the BOINC and the data directory from scan or just wait for the "official" releases, which are normally already whitelisted when they are spread to the audience. ;)
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Message 1674234 - Posted: 5 May 2015, 22:22:34 UTC - in response to Message 1674211.  

BTW, now we have new Linux OpenCL AP deployed on Beta. So try to test it.
And whose who know what they do could take binaries from where.

Hmmmm, while looking at the Applications page I noticed the MB Mac Apps are at 7.05 dated Apr 23rd. I was about to comment on it and then noticed how it just now changed to 7.05. So, we should have been receiving 7.05 for 2 weeks and weren't? hmmmm....
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Message 1674235 - Posted: 5 May 2015, 22:25:48 UTC - in response to Message 1674214.  

Yep, Panda was the problem. For some reason it classified the .exe as a virus and locked it. Hope it works now.

Seen from the outside, BOINC behaves as a potential virus. It downloads executables from the Internet without user intervention. These executables manipulate data on the computer, open connections to the Internet and send data to somewhere. A trojan, keylogger or some other malware just behaves the same, so the AV software play safe and classifies it suspicious. Normally things clear out itself, after the executable is whitelisted by the AV company. The only way to be on the "bleeding edge" of development and use the latest executables, it is essential, to exclude the BOINC and the data directory from scan or just wait for the "official" releases, which are normally already whitelisted when they are spread to the audience. ;)

There's even more to it than that. I agree completely that BOINC behaves in a way indistinguishable from a virus: but now, more and more AV products are actively scanning downloaded files and looking for that sort of behaviour even before they hit your hard disk. Simply excluding the BOINC data directory from the traditional 'pattern matching' scans isn't enough: you also have to find out how your AV program handles downloads (look for 'shields' or 'heuristics', for example), and disable those as well.

Only for trusted sites, or trusted destinations, of course.
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Message 1674317 - Posted: 6 May 2015, 6:25:54 UTC - in response to Message 1674234.  
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BTW, now we have new Linux OpenCL AP deployed on Beta. So try to test it.
And whose who know what they do could take binaries from where.

Hmmmm, while looking at the Applications page I noticed the MB Mac Apps are at 7.05 dated Apr 23rd. I was about to comment on it and then noticed how it just now changed to 7.05. So, we should have been receiving 7.05 for 2 weeks and weren't? hmmmm....

New apps were released May 5.
Linux/x86_64 7.08 (cuda_opencl_100) 5 May 2015, 20:18:35 UTC 0 GigaFLOPS
Linux/x86_64 7.08 (cuda_opencl_cc1) 5 May 2015, 20:18:35 UTC 0 GigaFLOPS
Linux/x86_64 7.08 (opencl_ati_100) 5 May 2015, 20:18:35 UTC 0 GigaFLOPS
Linux/x86_64 7.08 (opencl_nvidia_100) 5 May 2015, 20:18:35 UTC 0 GigaFLOPS
Linux/x86_64 7.08 (opencl_nvidia_cc1) 5 May 2015, 20:18:35 UTC 0 GigaFLOPS

And, additionally, new MB v7 apps released 6 May:

Mac OS X/64-bit Intel 7.05 (opencl_ati5zc_mac) 6 May 2015, 0:51:12 UTC 0 GigaFLOPS
Mac OS X/64-bit Intel 7.05 (opencl_ati5zc_mac_nocal) 6 May 2015, 0:51:12 UTC 11 GigaFLOPS

Again, this info regarding new BETA apps for those who don't look Beta very often.
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Message 1674318 - Posted: 6 May 2015, 6:26:38 UTC
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I have removed post. I realise now that the apps are on beta not main.
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Message 1674420 - Posted: 6 May 2015, 17:17:38 UTC - in response to Message 1674214.  

Yep, Panda was the problem. For some reason it classified the .exe as a virus and locked it. Hope it works now.

Seen from the outside, BOINC behaves as a potential virus. It downloads executables from the Internet without user intervention. These executables manipulate data on the computer, open connections to the Internet and send data to somewhere. A trojan, keylogger or some other malware just behaves the same, so the AV software play safe and classifies it suspicious. Normally things clear out itself, after the executable is whitelisted by the AV company. The only way to be on the "bleeding edge" of development and use the latest executables, it is essential, to exclude the BOINC and the data directory from scan or just wait for the "official" releases, which are normally already whitelisted when they are spread to the audience. ;)

Looks like Panda is a bit too sensitive here, I never had such problems with Avira or Avast. But nevermind, I got another AP yesterday and can confirm that everything works now:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1781221126

And now guess who my wingman is on this task. Funny' isn't it? :-)
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Message 1674435 - Posted: 6 May 2015, 18:31:22 UTC - in response to Message 1674420.  

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And now guess who my wingman is on this task. Funny' isn't it? :-)

That's a really cool coincidence - Cheers! 8)
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Message 1683171 - Posted: 23 May 2015, 6:30:14 UTC

21 May this round of AstroPulse OpenCL apps update for all supported platforms is finished.
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