Well, I got some more warnings of the exact same nature today:

3/14/2008 4:44:23 PM HTTP filter file http://srv1.bakerlab.org/rosetta/download/minirosetta_graphics_1.09_windows_intelx86.exe probably a variant of Win32/Statik application connection terminated - quarantined Eric-PCEric Threat was detected upon access to web by the application: C:Boincboinc.exe.
3/14/2008 4:44:10 PM HTTP filter file http://srv1.bakerlab.org/rosetta/download/minirosetta_1.09_windows_intelx86.exe probably a variant of Win32/Statik application connection terminated - quarantined Eric-PCEric Threat was detected upon access to web by the application: C:Boincboinc.exe.

From Boinc:
3/14/2008 4:43:58 PM|rosetta@home|Started download of minirosetta_1.09_windows_intelx86.exe
3/14/2008 4:43:58 PM|rosetta@home|Started download of minirosetta_graphics_1.09_windows_intelx86.exe
3/14/2008 4:44:25 PM|rosetta@home|Temporarily failed download of minirosetta_1.09_windows_intelx86.exe: http error
3/14/2008 4:44:38 PM|rosetta@home|Temporarily failed download of minirosetta_graphics_1.09_windows_intelx86.exe: http error

This is using the latest version of NOD32 3.0.642.0

Sorry for overlooking yor reply.

AVG is not completly free,but so far no false positives or any other problems
:-)

BTW.Does anybody know how good is AVG 8.0?

Oh,and have you contacted Eset?

BTW 2. :Last week I cleaned friend's computer from malware.Nod was failure,another AV failed,but AVG did it.Just my observation.(4-hours battle!)

Workaround for NOD32 Virus scanner problems:

https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=4017

Mike

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And never ever there was false positive or false negative!

I'll join in for the heck of it.

One day I woke up to my computers and half of my customers' computers having AVG reporting files within QuickBooks as a virus. More specifically, they were Help Files made in Macromedia/Adobe Flash, to which I can only assume other products were affected as well. As far as false negatives, I've seen a decent chunk of spyware that has just flown right over AVG at the time of infection.

No one is perfect; you're bound to have some problem with just about anything. AVG works relatively well; now if only it scanned a little faster, had more malware cleaning tools built-in rather than sometimes directing the user to an external tool, and that incident mentioned above didn't happen...

I chose NOD32 because, when I used the trial (simply for comparative purposes), it scanned a heck of a lot faster than any other virus scanner I've seen, and because I've seen it catch a few things, some of which were quite nasty, that others let by. However, I've also seen it let a few things slip by as well, so it's not perfect either. If only this incident with Minirosetta didn't happen...

Although the problem is gone, for future reference, you can set exclusions in many Anti-Virus programs to temporarilly ignore false positives. When NOD32 on my computer started griping about minirosetta, I just told it to exclude *minirosetta*, and problem solved. Of course, for those a bit more paranoid, you could be more specific, only whitelisting it from the bakerlab.org site and in the RALPH/Rosetta Folders in BOINC.

Also, cleaning a computer is usually a different story than preventing the problem. Heck, most of the computers I've had to clean involved me finding a third-party freeware tool designed specifically to cure a common virus/malware/et cetera. Otherwise, AVG Anti-Malware with all it's bells and whistles can scan not only files but also the registry, making it more ideal for cleaning a computer, while NOD32 has it's own set of bells and whistles (remembering these are two different products), most of which focused on preventing anything from getting in in the first place.

Don't get me wrong... I'll usually reccomend AVG, among one or two other free ones, simply because most people I know don't want to pay for an Anti-Virus (although some, after trying the free AVG, will in fact pay for one of the full-blown versions), and most of the computers that I put AVG on usually die of old age before they get another virus... most.

Just my five cents.

And never ever there was false positive or false negative!

I'll join in for the heck of it.

One day I woke up to my computers and half of my customers' computers having AVG reporting files within QuickBooks as a virus. More specifically, they were Help Files made in Macromedia/Adobe Flash, to which I can only assume other products were affected as well. As far as false negatives, I've seen a decent chunk of spyware that has just flown right over AVG at the time of infection.

What version of AVG was that?

No one is perfect; you're bound to have some problem with just about anything. AVG works relatively well; now if only it scanned a little faster, had more malware cleaning tools built-in rather than sometimes directing the user to an external tool, and that incident mentioned above didn't happen...

I chose NOD32 because, when I used the trial (simply for comparative purposes), it scanned a heck of a lot faster than any other virus scanner I've seen, and because I've seen it catch a few things, some of which were quite nasty, that others let by. However, I've also seen it let a few things slip by as well, so it's not perfect either. If only this incident with Minirosetta didn't happen...

Although the problem is gone, for future reference, you can set exclusions in many Anti-Virus programs to temporarilly ignore false positives. When NOD32 on my computer started griping about minirosetta, I just told it to exclude *minirosetta*, and problem solved. Of course, for those a bit more paranoid, you could be more specific, only whitelisting it from the bakerlab.org site and in the RALPH/Rosetta Folders in BOINC.

Also, cleaning a computer is usually a different story than preventing the problem. Heck, most of the computers I've had to clean involved me finding a third-party freeware tool designed specifically to cure a common virus/malware/et cetera. Otherwise, AVG Anti-Malware with all it's bells and whistles can scan not only files but also the registry, making it more ideal for cleaning a computer, while NOD32 has it's own set of bells and whistles (remembering these are two different products), most of which focused on preventing anything from getting in in the first place.

Don't get me wrong... I'll usually reccomend AVG, among one or two other free ones, simply because most people I know don't want to pay for an Anti-Virus (although some, after trying the free AVG, will in fact pay for one of the full-blown versions), and most of the computers that I put AVG on usually die of old age before they get another virus... most.

Just my five cents.

Interesting...that is all I can say. :-)