Virus warning in SETI through Boinc...

Author	Message
Zuurdeeg Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 6 Credit: 4,161,039 RAC: 0	Message 1758140 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 10:25:56 UTC Today my antivirus AVG gave following warning: C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkely.edu\setiathome_8.00_windowsd_intelx86__cuda50.exe Severity: medium Identified by: identity protection Date: 22/01/2016,09:47:57 AVG deleted the virus without problem. This is the first time in many years this happened to me. Is this a SETI or a BOINC problem? How can this happen? Hackers somewhere? ID: 1758140 ·

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 1758143 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 10:37:09 UTC Actually it's a false positive (that can happen a lot) and you should have that folder exempt from being scanned. Also without that file you won't be doing any cuda50 GPU work. ;-) Cheers. ID: 1758143 ·

Mr. Kevvy Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3804 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319	Message 1758163 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 11:54:09 UTC Last modified: 22 Jan 2016, 12:06:28 UTC I have had that AVG "Identity Protection" component flag BOINC files (and others) as suspicious for years. It's also responsible for most of the reboot requirements whenever it updates. My conclusion: it's crap and disable it. As Wiggo noted, you'll have to restore that file under Options > Virus Vault. ID: 1758163 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 1758171 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 12:08:55 UTC More people, with false positives and my advice what to do with it (set up an exclusive directory, or DMZ). ID: 1758171 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874	Message 1758175 - Posted: 22 Jan 2016, 12:19:34 UTC - in response to Message 1758171. More people, with false positives and my advice what to do with it (set up an exclusive directory, or DMZ). The trouble is that these days, most false positives happen during the download phase, before the file even reaches your DMZ. Not as the result of a scan. ID: 1758175 ·

Mark Lybeck Send message Joined: 9 Aug 99 Posts: 245 Credit: 216,677,290 RAC: 173	Message 1759004 - Posted: 24 Jan 2016, 13:48:00 UTC Hello, AVG Identity protection reported IDP.ARES generic for Lunatics_x41zi_win32_cuda50.exe. Rgs, -Mark ID: 1759004 ·

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