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Message 1181 - Posted: 2 Nov 2017, 8:35:47 UTC

Hi,

The fma app has been flagged up as ransomware and removed by MalwareBytes.

I've now added an exclusion for the BOINC folder.

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Message 1183 - Posted: 2 Nov 2017, 15:20:24 UTC - in response to Message 1181.
Last modified: 2 Nov 2017, 15:22:13 UTC

Hi,

The fma app has been flagged up as ransomware and removed by MalwareBytes.

I've now added an exclusion for the BOINC folder.

https://www.imageupload.co.uk/image/EKlb

I compiled it by myself from our source code, many months ago. I'm quite sure that it doesn't contain any malicious code. Anyway, a scan using VirusTotal gave the following results (https://www.virustotal.com/it/file/5e90d85043a707be0d38f657d703d09c90b63dd944b742820085220203873e5a/analysis/1509635813/)

SHA256: 5e90d85043a707be0d38f657d703d09c90b63dd944b742820085220203873e5a Nome del file: gene_pcim_v1.02_win64__fma.exe Rapporto rilevamento: 0 / 67 Data analisi: 2017-11-02 15:16:53 UTC ( 0 minuti fa )

Just (another) false positive, do not worry!

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Message 1184 - Posted: 2 Nov 2017, 15:40:11 UTC - in response to Message 1183.
Last modified: 2 Nov 2017, 15:49:45 UTC

It does cause computation errors though as the app is moved into the virus chest and then deleted.

BOINC has to redownload the app but any Tasks being crunched are lost.

If this happens to anyone else, remember to add the exclusion.

I have reported it as false positive.


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