Distributed computing projects for medical research

[iansmith]

You just have to delete the shortcut in the start up menu.

 

[Ki Man]

It isn't in my startup menu

 

[MadScientist 1000]

It isn't in my startup menu

Uninstall it, and when re-installing, tell it to not load on startup.

 

[Langbein]

But isn't these programs working exactely like wiruses and trojans ?

If you install a trojan with open eyes as it claim to fight AIDS, which guarantee do you have for that your newly installed trojan is as friendly as it claim to be ?

What is the argument to claim that using home computers in this way for a kind of distributed computing does have much reasonable ideas behind it, except for some project to see if it can work, and some hackers as well, to see if ddos attack etc can work.

Is it likely to believe that AIDS research projets uses methods that breakes with basic computer security.

ShawnD -> Are you really sure of what all your computers really are doing ?

Distributed denial of service attacks (ddos) is performed by fooling a huge number of people to install programs on their machine, that converts a huge number of PC's to remote controlled or time controlled attach machines.

One of the well known methods is to offer free security scans and then a free "security program" that in real life is a trojan.

I would not install some medical reseach program that have some of the same structure, unless I were quite sure about what I were doing.

It could be that most such projects is good ones until now, but for real hackers the distrubution of such programs should be a dream.

... Well I se that some of the project has adresses that seems to be secure, but I would really worry about the security if participating in such a project.

 

[russ_watters]

Langbein, these programs are put together by reputable organizations and if they were doing something malicious, it would be easy to see.

 

[Langbein]

OK, they might be good enough, but the way they work does have a bit in common with how viruses and trojans are working, so I would like to be rather sure that the one I am connecting to is a good one.

 

[BoomBoom]

Phase 2 of the human proteome folding project:

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewHpf2Research.do

Didn't the WCG used to have a similar project for SETI? I remember running that many years ago, but didn't see it.

I just installed a new computer and was putting this on it, so I figured I'd throw the link up on PF.