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   ANTI_VIRUS      Anti-Virus Discussion & News      523 messages   

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   Message 122 of 523   
   Ed Vance to MARK LEWIS   
   PUPs   
   16 Jun 12 15:07:00   
   
   ML>ML>another one i've seen is the distributed.net dnetc.exe client listed as a   
   ML>ML>PUP... there were folk getting it onto machines that they didn't have   
   ML>ML>permission to put it on... they were doing this to build up their   
   ML>ML>"farm" of machines contributing work under their account...   
   ML>ML>dnetc.exe got flagged as a virus for a while because of this and   
   ML>ML>then it was finally listed as a PUP... you are specifically running   
   ML>ML>it, it is neither a virus nor unwanted ;)   
      
   ML> EV> That one sounds to me like something a user on a UNIX system might   
   ML> EV> try doing.   
      
   ML>nah but it is available for numerous platforms ;)   
      
   ML>you can find more information a http://distributed.net/ ;)   
      
   Thanks Mark,   
      
   ML>running dnet is nothing... you set it and forget it... it does all the   
   work..   
   ML>if your contribution solves the decryption project, then you win the prize   
   ML>money... but that's only for the RC5 stuff... the OGR stuff is more science   
   ML>related...   
      
   Back when JUNO sent me a invite to join their "SuperComputer (?)   
   Project", after reading the details, I wasn't interested in   
   participating in it because I turn the box off regularly.   
      
   Still do.   
      
      
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