Added exception to AVG thanks for the post.

after avg 2013 threw a hissy at seti@home version 7 & cuda version 7; I had to reinstall bonic as it kept asking for a service file that didn't exsist. Sadly I lost a few work units due to "error in computing" but have now managed to add the exception. I think when my paid avg expires, I might have to find another antivirus / firewall program to replace it with. Suggestions of a more suitible program welcome. Both my desktop & laptop run 32 bit versions of vista.

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after avg 2013 threw a hissy at seti@home version 7 & cuda version 7; I had to reinstall bonic as it kept asking for a service file that didn't exsist. Sadly I lost a few work units due to "error in computing" but have now managed to add the exception. I think when my paid avg expires, I might have to find another antivirus / firewall program to replace it with. Suggestions of a more suitible program welcome. Both my desktop & laptop run 32 bit versions of vista.

Rae, read this, maybe it will help
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71773&postid=1373233#1373233

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Hi.
Thank you for your reply. Bonic seams to be ruynning smoothly for now after the exceptions were put in place for each application <seti@home 7 + the cuda version. + astropulse 6.01.> I will keep a close eye on it when the next few work units are complete so i know if i have "solved" this hick up for now. Will post the results in a day or so when units complete.

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May I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. I have been using it for about a year and it works great. One thing I like about it is that it upgrades definitions 2 or 3 times a day.

I might have to find another antivirus / firewall program to replace it with. Suggestions of a more suitable program welcome.

I use ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 (the current version is 6 but I like the older interface)
http://www.eset.com/

http://www.eset.com/home/whyeset/compare/

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May I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. I have been using it for about a year and it works great. One thing I like about it is that it upgrades definitions 2 or 3 times a day. It's also free.

Good Morning all From Christchurch, New Zealand.
Thank yhou for the suggestions for replacement Antivirus/ Fire wall Programs.

This Morning AVGs Identy Module Welcomed me Just after I Logged into windows.
If My experience is typical of the "AVG FAKE BUG", Each Application <and version of application> will require its own exception.

Here is a copy of a couple of the excetions that I have made to allow SRTI@HOME to continue to crunch the numbers.

"General behavioral detection, C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\setiathome_7.00_windows_intelx86__cuda50.exe";"Added to exceptions";"5/06/2013, 9:40:12 a.m.";"File or Directory";""

"General behavioral detection, C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\setiathome_7.00_windows_intelx86__cuda42.exe";"Added to exceptions";"4/06/2013, 3:56:12 p.m.";"File or Directory";""


At This point I am semi Tempted to turn off the Identy protection Module.
I am also reminded of a classic cartoon that Did the rounds in 1988-1990 <The days of ms-dos 3.3 & windows version 1> which featured a p[icture of Daffy Duck Holding a sledge Hammer aBove his computer while its screen displayed the message "Error - Hit Any Key To Continue"
Substitue the pc for avg 2013 paid edition & I too would be reaching for my sledge Hammer! If Laughter is the best medicine, I Hope that Helps!

Rae

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May I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. I have been using it for about a year and it works great. One thing I like about it is that it upgrades definitions 2 or 3 times a day. It's also free.

Whilst it is free it regularly comes last in virus detection tests and is not recommended.

Avast, Panda Cloud, Zone Alarm, Avira, Bitdefender, and AVG free editions all score higher than MSE.

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Now, how many viruses have you had on any of your systems lately? Chances are high that none of the above will catch them, or that you have a root kit which the free virus scanners can't completely get.

I just dropped Avira from my 2 systems as it was starting to irritate me that each time I let any of the systems resume from hibernation, first thing it was going to do was update Avira, thereby slowing the whole start-up enormously. Even while I set one of the systems to only update every 5 days and 18 hours, the other system I couldn't get off of a 6 hour update. Trying any other value than 6 hours, would constantly reset to 6 hours. That plus the over-annoying pop-ups, usually in a language not my own, nor English (I've seen French, Portuguese, Spanish, and what looked like Danish). Gone. Off.

I'll run Microsoft Security Essentials, plus Superantispyware, plus Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

If I still have trouble between those, then it just had to be. Karma. :)

PS: It did find the 300 (!!) virus infections that were present in the source code files of the Drugdiscovery project homepage web site. After cleaning everything, I ran an online scanner of Trend Micro over the same directory structure and it didn't find any further threats. Not that I allow the rest of the source code back online.... ;-)

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In my limited experience MSE seems to bog down a computer less than others that I have used. As for the "tests" that show poor efficacy, I would wonder what if any commercial motives the testers have.

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Avast, try it...

May I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. I have been using it for about a year and it works great. One thing I like about it is that it upgrades definitions 2 or 3 times a day. It's also free.

Whilst it is free it regularly comes last in virus detection tests and is not recommended.

Avast, Panda Cloud, Zone Alarm, Avira, Bitdefender, and AVG free editions all score higher than MSE.

Who did the scoring. What criteria was used in the process. Yes, color me a skeptic. Just the facts, Sir.

Who did the scoring. What criteria was used in the process. Yes, color me a skeptic. Just the facts, Sir.

There are several reputable sources/organizations that test Anti-Virus Software:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

http://www.av-test.org/en/home/

http://www.virusbtn.com/


'Real-World Protection Tests':
http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php?chart=chart2&year=2013&month=4&sort=0

And strangely Microsoft have no False Alarms:
http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php?chart=chart6&year=2013&month=3&sort=0

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Would need therefore that people asking us to work for them inform the producers of antivirus... Have us one gives information to, it is definitely, but not much have make nothing.

AlmereGrid is however part knack our new antiviruses do not like.

I was having no trouble with this at all until today. A few days all it took to deal with the problem was to "allow exception", reboot and back to normal. Now it is regularly being picked up by AVG and the above procedure no longer works. This time the problem was with two Astropulse units:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1260284332
and
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1259227541
I get a message to say that BOINC cannot communicate with the client.
The only way to get back to normal is to reinstall BOINC.

Anyone got any suggestions?

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In that case it must be preventing the BOINC core client from running. There have been reports of AVG recognizing boinc.exe (7.0.64) as a virus as well, but that should have happened when boinc was first run.

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Completed one AP unit a short time ago. Now waiting for the next to finish....
Bated breath and crossed fingers.

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Sorry to say but I am encountering the problem on Windows 7 (32-bit) with a Free version of AVG.

I have followed your instructions
"Add your BOINC/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu directory to the list of exceptions. That directory will probably either be C:\Program Data\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu or C:\Users\YourUsername\Program Data\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu"

We'll see if I get further "Detections" in the coming 24hrs

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Sorry to say but I am encountering the problem on Windows 7 (32-bit) with a Free version of AVG.

I have followed your instructions
"Add your BOINC/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu directory to the list of exceptions. That directory will probably either be C:\Program Data\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu or C:\Users\YourUsername\Program Data\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu"

We'll see if I get further "Detections" in the coming 24hrs

AVG Detection popped up again this morning so this fix hasn't worked.

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