I have just started to get a detection warning with bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.11754710

The entire message reads...
web resource http://cpdn-downloads.oerc.ox.ac.uk/download/legacy/hadcm3s_7.24_windows_intelx86.exe that had been detected as infected. Virus name:Trojan.Generic.11754710. The web resource has been successfully blocked .

Is it a false positive or a real threat ?

Thanks in advance , Bryan

I've run several models with that application, on a machine protected by Norton Anti-virus. No warning has been shown.

Provisional judgement: it's a false alarm. But I'd run it through https://www.virustotal.com/ to be certain.

Edit: hmmm. Detection ratio: 10 / 54 - that's more than I would like, but none of the really big players see it as a problem.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/d6db1b0463eb8b362d5e689102866d098c519482576c6bac1ce2f61b4c062f91/analysis/1411403613/

99.999999% sure it is a FALSE POSITIVE.
Best BOINC practices (for now) are to EXCLUDE the BOINC PROGRAM & BOINC DATA Folders.

Most likely a false positive. The virus name is Trojan.Generic, which means it thinks it's a generic virus. Some antivirus programs use heuristic analysis to predict new viruses, and that's where most of the false detections come in.

Further discussion and analysis of this same application file in the thread Checksum Errors at ClimatePrediction.Net

Update about Trojan Detected

So I removed the Climate project and reloaded it about a week later and have scanned it several times since restarting and no warnings of any kind....and that makes me happy : )
Bryan

So I spoke too soon . The web resource infected warning is still showing in bitdefender .
Bryan