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There have been a number of problems reported with anti-virus programs and firewall programs. This thread is a convenient list of some threads discussing these problems.
----------------------------------------Lawrence  ANTI-VIRUS PROBLEMS 24 November 2006 McAfee Security Suite 2007 http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=9455#78420 McAfee VirusScan 8.0 Problems http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=347#3130 http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=753#3129 Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro problem http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1268#6060 Added: 3 March 2005 The new Kaspersky Anti-Virus V 5.0.20 is reported to work with the UD agent Added: 05 Jan 2007 Another problem with Kaspersky http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=10966#82660 Added: 27 Feb 2007 Kasperski Internet Security again http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=11988#88125 10 Jan 2005 Panda anti-virus pauses at start of Work Unit http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1399#6844 24 Jan 2005 Kerio Personal Firewall. HIPS: "Host Intrusion and Prevention System" "detects" buffer overflows and code injections http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15866 ANTI-SPYWARE PROBLEMS 5 March 2006 Spycatcher 2006 Express crashes the UD Client http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=6429 01 Oct 2006 Spy Sweeper thrashes disk when Help Defeat Cancer runs http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=8103#71639 DEP POBLEMS Athlon 64 DEP enabled http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1297 http://worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=182#581 http://worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1088#4938 FIREWALL PROBLEMS cajunqueen 16 Dec 2004 on getting UD as a service through Sygate fire wall http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1029 The Fred 5 Oct 2005 solved - how to get through Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5.5 while running as a service http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1029#32322 MNTechnoGuy 6 Jan 2005 ZoneAlarm causing Forum sign-in problem http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=1358#6601 Sekerob 25 May 2006 Kerio Personal Firewall and BOINC http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=6982#59315 ZoneAlarm always generates a lot of posts because the ZA icon flashes once a second when BOINC Manager communicates with the BOINC client (called the heartbeat). Here is a post by Sekerob on 12 Dec 2007 in which he switches from ZoneAlarm to the more configurable free Comodo firewall: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=17439#142157 AOL SAFETY and SECURITY PROBLEMs Ajeb 27 April 2006 http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=6982 [Edit 10 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 12, 2007 4:15:57 PM] |
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Here is a helpful post by Francois at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=2251#15206
Hi, Please note that some firewall applications, such as Peerguardian, may block access to the Almaden IBM lab where the server is, then prevent downloading WU and uploading results, which will cause an Agent Paused condition. Watch the logs and, if appropriate, edit the block list, or create an allow list wit the range 129.89.33.130-129.89.33.139. François |
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Here is a post by squid_80 about a problem he had running FightAIDS@Home with Windows Messenger loaded: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=8561#79912
It seems the culprit is windows live messenger v8.0. If I crunch without it loaded, I get no warnings and 1 WU so far has come up as Valid with a couple more pending. After I start messenger, the warnings start showing up in the log. The exact build number of messenger that is causing the problem is 8.0.0812.00. I'd advise anyone else having problems with FAAH to check if they're using this version and try crunching without it running. |
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Lawrence, that's a good list. The only one we know about is McAfee 8.0 which has a bug in it so we advise people not to run World Community
Grid if they have 8.0 and also upgrade to a newer version. A long time ago we checked in with McAfee but they were not interested in doing anything about it. We'll get someone to look at the list. Thanks again. |
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Here is a thread reporting a slowdown created by an add-on program that comes pre-installed on the Lenovo Thinkpad T60 laptop: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=10421
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Sekerob
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MS at it's best..... found this on the BOINC dev forum. It seems the 'new' process mentioned below is stopping BOiNC from getting access to the Idle CPU time. The activity is shown as an icon in the system tray. Empirically, if BOiNC is not progressing, exit this process and see if the agent moves on:
----------------------------------------Ladies and gents I finally tracked down the culprit, and didn't have to install 5.8.0. After going through every single item in the Services and Startup tabs in MSCONFIG...I found the cause. It appears to be a new process called "ehtray.exe" from Microsoft for Media Player 11 for the Media Center Tray Icon. Good ol' Microsoft. Anyway, disabling that one process in the Startup tab allows BOINC to kick into gear as designed. Possibly some info that needs to be passed on? Added: Here's an info sheet on ehtray.exe: http://www.auditmypc.com/process/ehtray.asp . It also is running with Windows Media Player 10.0 and Microsoft Media Centre. In addition, there are 3 more EHxxxx.exe processes, which on my machine do not seem to stop BOINC advance at all.
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