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ProfileDale LaRue Bailey

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Message 26759 - Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 12:50:43 UTC

GENERIC!ARTIMIS Trojan detected in BOINC Download by McAfee Security software Monday August 24th 2009
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Les Bayliss
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Message 26768 - Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 21:30:47 UTC - in response to Message 26759.  

If there WAS any malware in BOINC, tens of thousands of people would be reporting it.

What you're seeing is called a "false positive". Your AV program has a search string in it that appears as part of the BOINC software.
Report this to the McAfee people, and/or use the options in the AV to exclude ALL of the BOINC folders from being scanned by it.

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Message 26771 - Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 21:42:43 UTC - in response to Message 26768.  

mcafee has been lately, tagging boinc stuff with trojans.... don't know why, but it's not a problem. yet!!!!!!!
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