What is BOINC?
BOINC is software application developed by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 54.22% of installations running this operating system. BOINC's installer is typically 15.00 MB in size and installs around 31 files. The most common release is 7.0.64 with 17.13% of all installations currently using this version.
BOINC is most popular in the United States with 58.80% of installations residing in this country.
BOINC adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, BOINC is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- boinc.exe runs as a service named 'BOINC' (BOINC) "Downloads, executes, and uploads BOINC tasks".
- Firewall:
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- boinc.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- boincmgr.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{573C6BDF-5F29-4303-A3FA-054E48BB54BA}' (runs on registration).
- boinccmd.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PGupdate'.
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- boinctray.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 5.
- boincmgr.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 8.
- Registry entries:
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- boincmgr.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'boincmgr' and executes as "C:\Program Files\BOINC\boincmgr.exe" /a /s.
- boinctray.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'boinctray' and executes as "C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinctray.exe".
Software Details
- URL:
- https://boinc.berkeley.edu
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\BOINC\
- Uninstaller:
- MsiExec.exe /X{AA72DFB8-BA38-49C9-B5A4-A95FD62641F8}
- Size:
- 15.00 MB
- Language:
- English
BOINC Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- boinc.exe
- Name:
- BOINC
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe
- MD5:
- –
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
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DLL
|
423a41f5fa8609c176bfae35c704ddd1 | |
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EXE
|
4a6a5f2b12edbffae7c51ff68e14fe9a | |
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EXE
|
84752ff39e762a8e52557cc97a54cf27 | |
|
EXE
|
85f87c7d017fe25cc83dea70e9c58b6f | |
|
EXE
|
cba63bcf97a59a8ceb4bad10e3d80f74 | |
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EXE
|
2de134c0869739741842ac974b868d87 | |
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EXE
|
484111512b0beae36ffd5edff9db68ef | |
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EXE
|
c9ef6a7698c799a34b4521e59c2d97c8 | |
|
DLL
|
452c2902474acac03f8eced0ab63973d | |
|
DLL
|
7ba65f79e63148c03e8bb74248100c26 |