This happens with some AV programs at times. When coming from renowned projects such as Einstein, you can easily assume it's a false positive detection, due to the nature of the science application, the way that it calculates the data.
If you truly suspect something wrong, go to http://www.virustotal.com and upload the application there. This will test the application with several AV kits. If the outcome of that scan is that only your AV kit sees it, it's a false positive. When all or most of them see an infection, it's an infection. Not necessarily coming from the Einstein servers, it may become infected on your system.
Aside from that - as far as I know - the applications here for all platforms are made in Linux, which although not impossible, is very unlikely to give out infected applications.
This happens with some AV programs at times. When coming from renowned projects such as Einstein, you can easily assume it's a false positive detection, due to the nature of the science application, the way that it calculates the data.
If you truly suspect something wrong, go to http://www.virustotal.com and upload the application there. This will test the application with several AV kits. If the outcome of that scan is that only your AV kit sees it, it's a false positive. When all or most of them see an infection, it's an infection. Not necessarily coming from the Einstein servers, it may become infected on your system.
Aside from that - as far as I know - the applications here for all platforms are made in Linux, which although not impossible, is very unlikely to give out infected applications.
einstein_S5R4_6.10_graphics_windows_intelx85.exe is part of an outdated application. You could just delete this. If there are still tasks on your client that need this, abort them, you won't get any credit for them.
I don't remember this old App very well, it might be that this application was indeed built on a Windows system. But nowadays Apps are cross-compiled on a Linux system, I don't know how a virus could easily slip into this.
einstein_S5R4_6.10_graphics_windows_intelx85.exe is part of an outdated application. You could just delete this. If there are still tasks on your client that need this, abort them, you won't get any credit for them.
I don't remember this old App very well, it might be that this application was indeed built on a Windows system. But nowadays Apps are cross-compiled on a Linux system, I don't know how a virus could easily slip into this.
BM
I do the BOINC Skypey Helpline a few hours a week and this particular file has has been queried a few timea a year since it was current! It seems to have some content that confuses heuristic scanners.
swizzor virus detected in einstein@home downloads
)
This happens with some AV programs at times. When coming from renowned projects such as Einstein, you can easily assume it's a false positive detection, due to the nature of the science application, the way that it calculates the data.
If you truly suspect something wrong, go to http://www.virustotal.com and upload the application there. This will test the application with several AV kits. If the outcome of that scan is that only your AV kit sees it, it's a false positive. When all or most of them see an infection, it's an infection. Not necessarily coming from the Einstein servers, it may become infected on your system.
Aside from that - as far as I know - the applications here for all platforms are made in Linux, which although not impossible, is very unlikely to give out infected applications.
OK. Will do.
)
OK. Will do. thanks.
Hi, just thought I'd report I
)
Hi, just thought I'd report I had the same virus alert.
Antivirus is F-Secure 2010, fully up to date
Virus name the same: Swizzor.3
Infected file: ....\BOINIC Data\projects\einstein.phys.uwn.edu\einstein_S5R4_6.10_graphics_windows_intelx85.exe
Will try to upload to virustotal if I have time, but my antivirus seems to be pretty good so maybe there is a real infection???
All the best
Martin
einstein_S5R4_6.10_graphics_w
)
einstein_S5R4_6.10_graphics_windows_intelx85.exe is part of an outdated application. You could just delete this. If there are still tasks on your client that need this, abort them, you won't get any credit for them.
I don't remember this old App very well, it might be that this application was indeed built on a Windows system. But nowadays Apps are cross-compiled on a Linux system, I don't know how a virus could easily slip into this.
BM
BM
7/41 see an 'infection'. I
)
7/41 see an 'infection'. I still think it's a false positive.
RE: einstein_S5R4_6.10_grap
)
I do the BOINC Skypey Helpline a few hours a week and this particular file has has been queried a few timea a year since it was current! It seems to have some content that confuses heuristic scanners.