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What is boinc.exe? World Community Grid - BOINC client?

Vendor:      Space Sciences Laboratory
Product:     BOINC client
Vendor Website:      http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: boinc.exe - Description from the vendor:
"Grid Computing: The Basics
Grid computing joins together many individual computers, creating a large system with massive computational power that far surpasses the power of a handful of supercomputers.
It can be access from Start menu/Boinc manager.

boinc.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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boinc.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 10 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
boinc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xbdc8ee96c4764778a7f4907260c3124f 4/19/2015 11:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 732 KB
2 Status 0xd5489be28bb5d68d64c8e17d1ee50218 2/7/2012 8:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 881 KB
3 Status 0x526b406e6e89d5d61379f8b7f6b8af02 1/24/2012 2:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 740 KB
4 Status 0x02ebb49ecab5afab826745be35a4b8d0 1/8/2012 5:27:00 PM Unknown 5.8.15 World Community Grid - BOINC client 368 KB
5 Status 0xa2bb88cfd4508e4eb000bb8ea1ad62d9 1/6/2012 9:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 897 KB
6 Status 0xc3602dcbc2c4c6abc0d1356841b23514 9/8/2011 1:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 764 KB
7 Status 0x90bf53599fb0fadb642dce5c2c7335dc 9/7/2011 5:13:00 PM Unknown 5.2.13 World Community Grid - BOINC client 288 KB
8 Status 0x3a94913164b731f5c712e4a7852575a3 8/27/2011 8:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 740 KB
9 Status 0x56ddddaba6f00ce502ff8d881085d9e3 8/21/2011 8:19:00 AM Unknown 5.10.30 World Community Grid - BOINC client 688 KB
10 Status 0x19ac5089fe4ba1d614764b6b690d05c8 7/24/2011 8:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 881 KB
11 Status 0x47df7495de1da73d7eb1a0ed1b696b4d 7/13/2011 9:50:00 PM Unknown 5.10.20 World Community Grid - BOINC client 688 KB
12 Status 0xfc083e70c3e3f46b5f1ab485640bbe49 7/10/2011 6:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 708 KB
13 Status 0xc0001fc6752e5050d39f4028dc352909 7/9/2011 10:15:00 AM Unknown 5.4.9 World Community Grid - BOINC client 312 KB
14 Status 0x837a5d9958c5f7d721ae5601ba1210bb 6/29/2011 10:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 724 KB
15 Status 0x2b66c07003c6e784030e38cf75f85235 4/11/2011 7:30:00 PM Unknown 5.10.45 World Community Grid - BOINC client 696 KB
16 Status 0x9f8eab55f7640524c4c6c5f219507562 2/18/2011 4:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 864 KB
17 Status 0xdf1ab588c2b10a10f852795f13af019c 12/25/2010 1:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 724 KB
18 Status 0x6474d5252e3a3056d7347cce93d88f38 11/20/2010 8:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 377 KB
19 Status 0x90be3487cb85fae42db146ba84708cb9 11/14/2010 3:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 736 KB
20 Status 0x1e26d869b6cfa81a97d9dc5fe3bf884a 11/8/2010 11:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 708 KB
21 Status 0x24a8611f79079e46c55b78967326410e 10/27/2010 1:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 1955 KB
22 Status 0x1d3df4f5e93d949ea3f68215401d9bda 9/1/2010 6:50:00 AM Unknown 5.8.16 World Community Grid - BOINC client 368 KB
23 Status 0x5b2350f967d31f8f0e127850f91ac226 7/16/2010 5:39:00 AM Unknown 5.10.13 World Community Grid - BOINC client 416 KB
24 Status 0xcf6fa53efee458633f1fe4564bfa4ffb 4/20/2010 5:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown World Community Grid - BOINC client 740 KB
25 Status 0x0565d29fbb6a9e1acd9963ff444cf00b 4/17/2010 3:43:00 PM Unknown 4.45 World Community Grid - BOINC client 292 KB


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