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system getting hacked after install of boinc
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Send message Joined: 3 Apr 06 Posts: 547 |
problem: If you would describe, what actually happened to your computer (or what does "system hacked, stuff moved around, files open, work units aborted" means, then someone might try to guess, what it was, and then help... Peter |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5077 |
2. Windows users should install BOINC in Protected Application Execution (PAE) mode which I believe is the default installation mode in the BOINC installer for Windows. Installing in PAE mode severely restricts project executables in what they can do on your computer. (I hope this info about Windows is correct, someone please correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I've run Windows) That's correct. Unfortunately, the protection against malicious behaviour is so strong that project executables can't interact with graphics card drivers under PAE, and that rules out GPU computation. Participants who want to offer the use of GPUs to projects (increasingly common) are forced to opt for the insecure 'user' mode of operation. |
Send message Joined: 8 May 10 Posts: 89 |
And that really could be a way in. Since many distributions configure sudo(1) to allow the user that installed (UID=1000, you know) to get privileges without authentication (matter of darn friendliness) then such malicious application can do anything. Everything becomes that scary these days. I'm counting for science, points just make me sick. |
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