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boinc.exe file information

The process BOINC Core Client Command Line Interface or BOINC client or ClimatePrediction.net client belongs to the software BOINC Core Client or CPDNBBC core client or BBC Climate Change Experiment or Gridfinity or BOINC client by Space Sciences Laboratory or ClimatePrediction.net or Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley.

Description: boinc.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 294,912 bytes (23% of all occurrence), 299,008 bytes, 319,488 bytes, 307,200 bytes, 303,104 bytes, 426,752 bytes, 713,472 bytes, 725,760 bytes, 704,512 bytes, 352,256 bytes.
The program is not visible. It is not a Windows core file. The program listens for or sends data on open ports to LAN or Internet. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. boinc.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 43% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If it doesn't respond to Add/Remove Programs command, may be a Trojan, in which case it's been known to steal processing power. I have not heard of privacy violations involving BOINC, though there are unscrupulous or foolish people who try to increase their rankings in the BOINC community by tricking people into installing it under false pretenses. BOINC is meant to be a tool that facilitates support for research projects that need computer processing power. Search on Internet for 'BOINC' if you need more information.
  Jason Goatcher   (further information)

BOINC client, needed for running distributed computing projects using the BOINC infrastructure
  Ruben   (further information)

Grid Utility from Berkeley
  softsmyth   (further information)

From Berkeley Univ. Replaced SETI at Home. BOINC can run other programs Rosetta for protien folding. If you don't know what it is, you do have a problem. You or someone with access to your compter should have installed it.
  benszoko  

BOINC = Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
  Volker  

BOINC Client program
   

BOINC=Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing,programm/plattform die man zum berechnen von wissenschaftlichen projekten wie seti@home, climateprediction oder einstein@home braucht.
  chris   (further information)

It is the gui of the boinc system
  mobilemurdock   (further information)

BOINC Client program
  Chris Peel   (further information)

Help Software (like SETI@HOME)
  Ragalm  

A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources
  Wizzkid007   (further information)

Übergeordneter Dienst für z.b. Seti
  MHK   (further information)

Part of SETI@home computing
  Gabrijel   (further information)

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