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boinc.exe

BOINC core client

University of California, Berkeley

It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “CHARIT~1|Charity Engine”.
Publisher:
Charity Engine  (signed by University of California, Berkeley)

Product:
BOINC core client

Description:
BOINC client

Version:
6.8.44

MD5:
701526728625238a4cc3017017fc33a8

SHA-1:
9fbda3afa5d5685d616d32f35b63a1e3cb9fc901

SHA-256:
cd967d99efef13d21b384da9bf177fa473e796072ae1acddd37645dcf8a7890f

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 12:17:52 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
833.2 KB (853,208 bytes)

Product version:
6.8.44

Copyright:
© 2003-2011 University of California

Original file name:
boinc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\boinc\boinc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
University of California, Berkeley

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/1/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/5/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="University of California, Berkeley", OU=SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY, O="University of California, Berkeley", L=Berkeley, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
03475730592F03FF278231AAE2D9786D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/20/2012 7:48:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x4126B

Entry point:
E8, 14, 05, 00, 00, E9, A2, FD, FF, FF, 6A, 14, 68, 78, E4, 46, 00, E8, CB, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 4D, 10, 78, 3A, 8B, 4D, 08, 2B, 4D, 0C, 89, 4D, 08, FF, 55, 14, EB, ED, 8B, 45, EC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 00, 89, 45, E0, 8B, 45, E0, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 0B, C7, 45, DC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, DC, C3, E8, 57, 05, 00, 00, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, C1, 01, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 98, E4, 46, 00, E8, 6D, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, C6, 0F, AF, 45...
 
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Code size:
340 KB (348,160 bytes)

Service
Display name:
CHARIT~1|Charity Engine

Service name:
BOINC

Description:
Downloads, executes, and uploads BOINC tasks

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RpcSs


The file boinc.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Charity Engine  by The Worldwide Computer Company Ltd.
Publisher's description - “Charity Engine was created to enable millions of home PCs to raise millions of dollars for the best possible causes, all thanks to spare computing power that nobody is using anyway.”
www.charityengine.com
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