OK, I created some exceptions in AVG. Hope that it was the right ones.

Had to reload the BOINC download to get things going again. So far, so good.

Never had trouble like this before. They may have Jumped The Shark with this Version 7.

Thanks.

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Never had trouble like this before. They may have Jumped The Shark with this Version 7.

The problem is with AVG, not BOINC.

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Grant
Darwin NT

If you're willing, could you please download http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/download/setiathome_7.00_windows_intelx86_unpacked.exe
and scan it with your virus scanner to see if it reports a problem with the uncompressed file?

And if that checks out, try to scan a recompressed version, just to be sure. http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/download/setiathome_7.00_windows_intelx86_repacked.exe

I d/l'ed these files this morning using the Total Defense Security Suite with no problems. I've been using this software for 25+ years and never had a problem. The A/V and firewall software was initially built by CA Technologies (FKA - Computer Associates) for corporate mainframes. Through demands it was ported down to PCs is the early 80's.

I've tried AVG, Tend Micro, Norton and several others and got too many false errors. Switched back and been there ever since.

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I don't buy computers, I build them!!

False positives are the cause of a broken
anti-virus program. Nothing else.

False positives are the cause of a broken
anti-virus program. Nothing else.

I fully agree, which is why I use this particular software. I cannot ever remember getting any. I've seen corporations switch to Micro-Trend, AVG and others then switch back because of too many network disruptions for this very reason. I have been online from home, inside the firewall, when a company got hit and was not affected other than having to get off because the network went south only to find out it was because of a "broken anti-virus program'.

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I don't buy computers, I build them!!

For the people wondering about how to add the BOINC Data directory to their anti virus program, see http://boincwiki.mundayweb.com/index.php?title=Add_the_BOINC_Data_directory_to_the_exclusions_of_my_antivirus_program.

For those running Zone Alarm, no it's not there and it won't get there either. Zone Alarm its uninstaller ate the bootloader of the Windows VM that I used. Resulting in me having to reinstall Windows from scratch. Luckily I was using a VM, not my own Windows, but guess what? I won't try ZA anymore either. I can spend my time way better than that.

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Never had trouble like this before. They may have Jumped The Shark with this Version 7.

The problem is with AVG, not BOINC.

I reported the executable file path name to AVG. Maybe they will get it all sorted out.

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[quote]For the people wondering about how to add the BOINC Data directory to their anti virus program, see http://boincwiki.mundayweb.com/index.php?title=Add_the_BOINC_Data_directory_to_the_exclusions_of_my_antivirus_program.

That works. Not exactly the same sequence in AVG Internet Security 2013, but close enough.
Thank yuh verri much!

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Not exactly the same sequence in AVG Internet Security 2013, but close enough.

if I can find a trial version of that, I'll add it to the list. There's only 24 AVs missing from my list. ;-)

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Using AVG Free, I got the following:

Threat: General behavioral detection
Object name: c:\ProgramData\Boinc\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\AP6_win_x86_SSE2_OpenCL_NV_r1843.exe
Severity: Medium
State: Secured
Identified by: Identity Protection
Date: 6/20/2013, 8:59:03 AM

Although it was complaining about the Lunatics version I wonder if it's the same problem being discussed.

NOTE: It was the Identity Protection feature that complains about the program -- not the AV scanner.

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Please disregard my previous post. I didn't read the thread thoroughly enough to see that somebody finally realized it was the Identify Protection feature of AVG that was doing the complaining -- not the virus scanning features.

My bad.

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