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Keith Bell Send message Joined: 2 Jul 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 6,705,580 RAC: 0 |
IDP ARES Generic is being found in the data that is being downloaded from SETI. Never seen it before but it is being identified as a threat by AVG. Removing it doesn't seem to cause any issues with the data once removed but we will see. Is it part of what is supposed to be included in the data? Or has AVG decided to become more strict with regards to this. The AVG web site has this to say: IDP ARES Generic is a potential threat. Threats, when malicious, can be used to interfere with the normal operation of a computer, gather personal information or allow a hacker to access the device remotely without the user's consent. |
Keith Bell Send message Joined: 2 Jul 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 6,705,580 RAC: 0 |
Okay, as some time has gone by I am getting a ton of "Computational errors" now. So removing the "threat" is damaging the process. |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
SETi@home is not a problem... but some AV software does list BitCoins as a viruses! ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20147 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Welcome to the world of antivirus and false positives... Given enough data to search, any antivirus will randomly find random supposed viruses... Just like the example of given enough monkeys and typewriters and enough time, they will at some time write the works of Shakespeare... All very annoying! Keep searchin Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
qbit Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 630 Credit: 6,868,528 RAC: 0 |
Usually these are just false positives. If you want to be sure you can upload the suspicious file to https://www.virustotal.com/ |
Zombu2 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 1615 Credit: 49,315,423 RAC: 0 |
lol AVG ... Does it detect itself? I came down with a bad case of i don't give a crap |
petri33 Send message Joined: 6 Jun 02 Posts: 1668 Credit: 623,086,772 RAC: 156 |
And they are -data files -not executables no real harm could be caused. There would be no harm crunching all the computer viruses from the world. And yes, we may be processing interstellar viruses. To overcome Heisenbergs: "You can't always get what you want / but if you try sometimes you just might find / you get what you need." -- Rolling Stones |
Zombu2 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 1615 Credit: 49,315,423 RAC: 0 |
mmmmm i ordered 3 gen 2 fire tv's and got 4 and a firestick o.0 What is this buy 3 get one free and choose 1 day shipping to get a free firestick? I came down with a bad case of i don't give a crap |
Rey Mennitto Send message Joined: 12 Nov 99 Posts: 20 Credit: 32,364,764 RAC: 23 |
I am also getting this error from AVG. I selected to remove it, computations stopped and BOINC, running SETI shutdown. I restarted it and all appears to be well. I have not rerun my AVG scan to see if the "false positive" returns. Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof. |
Zombu2 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 1615 Credit: 49,315,423 RAC: 0 |
If you using AVG you doing it wrong I came down with a bad case of i don't give a crap |
qbit Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 630 Credit: 6,868,528 RAC: 0 |
And they are AVG - so good it even detects extraterrestrial viruses XD |
Zombu2 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 1615 Credit: 49,315,423 RAC: 0 |
Well they do have their ads down to a science that pop up when you playing games just to let you know you should switch from free to paid and lets you know not even a good game session can stop them from telling you that I came down with a bad case of i don't give a crap |
petri33 Send message Joined: 6 Jun 02 Posts: 1668 Credit: 623,086,772 RAC: 156 |
AVG is an acronym for Active Video Game :) To overcome Heisenbergs: "You can't always get what you want / but if you try sometimes you just might find / you get what you need." -- Rolling Stones |
petri33 Send message Joined: 6 Jun 02 Posts: 1668 Credit: 623,086,772 RAC: 156 |
mmmmm i ordered 3 gen 2 fire tv's and got 4 and a firestick o.0 I wanted some AP's to process and got: Apoi virus, Flaviviridae Aporia crataegi NPV, Baculoviridae Aporophyla lutulenta cypovirus 10, Reoviridae Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus, Trichovirus Apple mosaic virus, Bromoviridae Apple scar skin viroid, Viroids Apple stem grooving virus, Capillovirus Aproaerema modicella NPV, Baculoviridae To overcome Heisenbergs: "You can't always get what you want / but if you try sometimes you just might find / you get what you need." -- Rolling Stones |
Zombu2 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 1615 Credit: 49,315,423 RAC: 0 |
ima get my medicine book I came down with a bad case of i don't give a crap |
Juha Send message Joined: 7 Mar 04 Posts: 388 Credit: 1,857,738 RAC: 0 |
Looking at the errors Keith is getting it's clear it's not the data that AVG is complaining about. Instead it's the science app, as always. couldn't start app: CreateProcess() failed - The system cannot find the file specified. Keith, there is one in a million chance that AVG was right and the file was infected. I believe the usual course of action is to upload the file to VirusTotal for a few more opinions. Once other scanners report they didn't find anything in the file tell AVG it's not a threat. |
Keith Bell Send message Joined: 2 Jul 99 Posts: 4 Credit: 6,705,580 RAC: 0 |
Thank you Juha and all the others for responding. I think I will do as suggested and get back to computing! Again, thank you all for the help. |
Zombu2 Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 1615 Credit: 49,315,423 RAC: 0 |
and while you at it tell em to shove their piece of crap software where the sun ain't shining I came down with a bad case of i don't give a crap |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Tis a hunk o advertising ..... gave me a false on a malaria@home workunit I think they botched a virus update and most everyone got a false positive! Oh, work machine so that is why the junk A/V is on it. |
Tianna Send message Joined: 2 Oct 01 Posts: 1 Credit: 685,707 RAC: 0 |
AVG is telling me there's a virus, in an EXE file, not in a data file. AVG keeps asking me if it should quarantine the following file: C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\setiathome_7.07_windows_intelx86__opencl_ati5_sah.exe Is this a problem or should I create an exception for it? |
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