After installing Crunch3r's 64-bit Linux CUDA SETI client, I decided that I would look at installing the AK ver 8 optimized clients on a few of my other machines. It does make a notable difference, on the IBM X-Series, the average run-time was around 23 000 seconds and with the SSE2 optimized version, this came down to around 14 000 seconds. I have since installed the SSE3 version and expect a further improvement.
The interesting bit was with my laptop, its a Core Duo that runs 32-bit Windows XP. I checked using a program called "CPU-Z" and it supports SSE3. I downloaded the zip file and installed the appropriate files. When I download anything at the office, the proxy checks traffic using Clam antivirus, the server share it was downloaded to runs a McAfee product and my laptop runs Norton AntiVirus 2008. None of them complained about the downloaded zip file or its contents.
I restarted the Boinc client and I get a collection of windows popping up to tell me that Norton's "SONAR" has found a file infected with "Downloader" and has deleted it. It turns out that it doesn’t like the ak_v8_win_sse3.exe file and has removed it. I also get a warning that an Excel document has been downloaded to one of my network drives.
I copied the "offending" file onto three of our network shares and none of the resident antivirus programs found a problem, so I then upload it to the Kaspersky online service and once again it is clean. There is also no sign or record of the Excel document that was supposedly downloaded.
My question now is: "Does the optimized client have some malicious code in it or has Norton given a false positive?".
I have detached from SETI completely on the laptop as a precaution and to delete all traces of the download that where in the project folder but am now a little nervous about the other machines that have optimized clients installed!
Anyone else seen something similar??
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