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Message 65905 - Posted: 9 Dec 2015, 0:01:01 UTC
Last modified: 9 Dec 2015, 0:02:34 UTC

I have installed BOINC and when I first installed it, it was downloading for two projects I have, rosetta@home and SETI@home. I was unable to get a download for the World Community Grid project but I think that is due to an SSL issue with my proxy.

However now when the client is launched I get a message from TrendMicro OfficeScan that a download has been blocked.

The details are:

URL: http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/setiathome_7.07_windows_intelx86__opencl_intel_gpu_sah.exe
Risk: Dangerous
Description: Verified fraud page or threat source
Process: C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe

Is there anything I can do to get S@H going or should I just suspend the project on this machine?

Edit -

I'm using BOINC 7.6.9 (x64) on Windows 8.1 Pro. BOINC is not running as a service.
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Message 65907 - Posted: 9 Dec 2015, 2:00:17 UTC - in response to Message 65905.  

This is what we call a false positive. It can easily be avoided by setting your anti virus program up not to scan the BOINC Data directory and the files and sub-directories therein. Do this through the 'exclude directory' option, where available in the program.
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