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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:15 am    Post subject: PrimeGrid News Feed Credit reduction explanation Reply with quote
We have removed credits from the user who has been using trojan software to install BOINC on unsuspecting people's computers. The next stats site update should show a decrease in PrimeGrid total credit.

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Source: PrimeGrid News Feed
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Using trojans to install BOINC... brilliant idea. Shouldn't have gotten caught lol.
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A Shrubbery
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Therin lies the problem. The more successful you are, the harder it becomes to stay covert. Only borg when appropriate and you have someone else you can realistically blame.

My question is, how does someone who is coherent enough to check their CPU usage and taskbar get suckered into clicking an obviously suspicious link and actually installing a "patch"?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A Shrubbery wrote:
My question is, how does someone who is coherent enough to check their CPU usage and taskbar get suckered into clicking an obviously suspicious link and actually installing a "patch"?


Windoze does it all the time. Rolling Eyes
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