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Former Member
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A few minutes ago, ZA tells me that world community grid want to access the Internet at this address which is in China (ChinaNet) :59.51.96.2:1
I gave permission, but now i am not sure if it was the right thing to do, i should have inquired more before doing this. At this moment, i've blocked the site in the firewall. is this a legitimate site as regards World Community Grid? |
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sk..
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59.51.96.2 is in China and is not a WCG IP address.
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Former Member
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thanks, skqiven. :-)
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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I suggest that if you are running Windows, do a search (google..bing or whatever) for Microsoft anti-maleware. Download it and run a complete scan on your computer...just to be safe.
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slakin
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My anti virus program detected and quarantined a file ..I have been running wcg for several years without issue, not sure if I should be worried.
Threat: Trojan.script.9349 Original File Name: wcg_gfx.state Folder: c:\ProgramData\BOINC\slots\1\ Source: Real Time Any thoughts or suggestions? |
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gb009761
Master Cruncher Scotland Joined: Apr 6, 2005 Post Count: 3010 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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slakin, it'd help if you could provide details as to what your AV program is - as then, it can be searched upon within these forums, and any other occurances checked out. This then, may throw up some settings which may need changing - as, I'm pretty sure that this, indeed, will be a red-herring.
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slakin
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Hi, I use Rogers Online Protection which features customized security technology from Radialpoint. I did do a bit of searching before posting and did not find anything but I also suspect it was a red-herring, a bit strange to happen when neither the anti virus program or BOINC levels have been changed. I will leave the file in quarantine until/if I notice a problem with WCG. Thanks
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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It's most likely a false positive.
----------------------------------------Also that rogers thing doesn't seem very good - http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22547206-WAR...ers-Online-Protection-ROP Use the free avast which is much better Then rescan with avast.  - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Former Member
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coincidentally I am getting the same thing I believe, mine like yours is graphics related, but I am using AVG Free 2011 and have been for a long time.
----------------------------------------but mine is coming up as malware for WCG_HCMD2_MAXDO_GRAPHICS_6.40_WINDOWS_INTELX86 I get about 4 warnings a day for the last few days, yesterday was the first day of many that I did not get a warning. Vin EDIT: I have found a thread here with my exact same issue. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 4, 2011 4:40:25 PM] |
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