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Former Member
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AVG has just detected Malware in the following:-
WWW.Worldcommunitygrid.org\wcgrid_cep2_graphics_6.35_windows_intelx86 Has anyone else received this? Is it correct or do I allow? Thanks Dean  |
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Former Member
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Hi dkso
You can safely Allow! And recently, AVG had been in the news for false-positives. Set a scan exception for the BOINC Data_dir and you'll likely never be bothered again. BOINC and WCG itself scan integrity, plus if properly installed, the whole is sandboxed with limited rights. --//-- |
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Thank you.
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