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Send message Joined: 20 Oct 12 Posts: 1 Credit: 437,992 RAC: 0 |
Hi, Norton internet security keeps coming up saying a file it's getting from bonic is virus infected. Can you tell me what I should o as every time it downloads it says the same thing: Filename: dnetc520-win32-x86-opencl.exe Threat name: Heur.AdvML.CFull Path: c:\programdata\boinc\slots\3\dnetc520-win32-x86-opencl.exe ____________________________ ____________________________ On computers as of 02/01/2018 at 11:04:47 Last Used 02/01/2018 at 11:04:47 Startup Item No Launched No Threat type: Heuristic Virus. Detection of a threat based on malware heuristics. ____________________________ dnetc520-win32-x86-oencl.exe Threat name: Heur.AdvML.C Locate Few Users Hundreds of users in the Norton Community have used this file. Mature This file was released 4 years 10 months ago. High This file risk is high. ____________________________ http://moowrap.net/download/dnetc520-win32-x86-opencl.exe Downloaded File from moowrap.net Source: External Media ____________________________ File Actions File: c:\programdata\boinc\slots\3\ dnetc520-win32-x86-opencl.exe Blocked ____________________________ File Thumbprint - SHA: Not available File Thumbprint - MD5: Not available |
Send message Joined: 22 Jun 11 Posts: 2080 Credit: 1,844,401,288 RAC: 3,256 |
Hi, This is because they are looking at 'the way things are being done' not an actual virus itself, they change so often that wouldn't work. If you just exclude the Boinc directories from your a/v scans then you will not get these false positives anymore. ALL Projects aggressively scan their systems to keep viruses away so the chance of getting one from them is very small so excluding the Boinc directories is a good thing, any REAL virus will try to break out of the Boinc directories and be caught by Norton, in your case, and then you can handle it appropriately. |