Posts by hs

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Windows Access Rights (Message 7854)
Posted 28 Jan 2007 by hs
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Personally, I don't rely on a single measure. I have anti-virus software with daily updated signatures, AND a firewall, AND never double-click e-mail attachments, AND don't use Outlook, AND use restricted access right, AND still am careful. No virus ever had a chance on my PC. But this thread is becoming off-topic, isn't it?
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Windows Access Rights (Message 7796)
Posted 25 Jan 2007 by hs
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If you run Boinc under a separate account, then even if exe files in the Boinc directory are manipulated by viruses, they cannot harm files unrelated to Boinc, so there's no danger.

I may not have made it clear enough that my worries are about the interactive Boinc Manager, which (of course) is not run under the service's account. If some script kiddies had the thought of turning BOINC into a spam network, it would sure be the end of BOINC and all its projects...
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Windows Access Rights (Message 7751)
Posted 24 Jan 2007 by hs
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The point is that I want to keep viruses etc. from manipulating EXE files, just in case my anti virus software doesn't catch them. Besides, I believe Windows Vista will write-protect the "Program Files" folder tree by default.
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Windows Access Rights (Message 7734)
Posted 23 Jan 2007 by hs
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In order to protect my Windows system, I grant write access to the "Program Files" directory tree to no-one except Administrator. Some programs don't like this, and it seems BOINC is one of those. I created a BOINC account under which the service is running, and which has full access to "Program Files\\Boinc". However I have the impression that the interactive Boinc manager also needs write access to that directory. Is that true? If so, which files are never modified so I can write-protect them? How about the subdirectories locale, projects, and slots (and their subdirectories)?

Thanks, Hans



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