BOINC

Published by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley

Details

Latest version:	7.2.33
Location:	C:\Program Files\BOINC\
Install size:	15.33 MB (16,073,564 bytes)
About URL:	http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
Language:	English (United States) (1033)
Uninstall:	MsiExec.exe /X{8AEEDA8D-7A97-4DC0-ACBE-40B55A74992D}

Trust

The trust score is the reputation of BOINC based on a number of factors including malware scans, behvaior, uninstall trends and general user experiences.

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Reasons behind trust score

Adds a recurring scheduled task to Windows.
Automatically starts up each time any user logs into Windows.

Trends

Global Reach

Install and Uninstall Trends

Technical Details

boinc.exe (Main Executable)
Common path:	C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe
Name:	BOINC client
MD5:	84b50c4b417c4b2c4f199bc438d8b270
boinctray.exe
Behavior:	Startup File (All Users Run)
MD5:	ccbf6614b71f872f89b4a3262b3d9254
boincmgr.exe
Behavior:	Startup File (User Run)
MD5:	7b2112630bc38dc7b3e5dabb0b3530ed
boinccmd.exe
Behavior:	Scheduled Task
MD5:	2855757355b5c66d27aa5d86d54440e0
boinc.dll
Name:	BOINC Core Client
MD5:	54300345718081e3dc2e66fd8fd67174
boincsvcctrl.exe
Name:	BOINC core client
MD5:	2a1de919ed44c615626473a45fef2470
boincscr.exe
MD5:	3f1b4f94af839ae9fdd3abaea76f9eb1
boinc_7.0.25_windows_intelx86.exe
Description:	Downloads, executes, and uploads BOINC tasks
MD5:	b1582ae9960537ea7d53eddfcc4ac116
boinc_7.0.28_windows_intelx86.exe
MD5:	a7c3f6f11333190610ddaf8e8ebf0852
boinc_7.0.64_windows_intelx86.exe
MD5:	e1ac89252547025e6124d98fb6d01358
libcurl.dll
Publisher:	The cURL library, http://curl.haxx.se/
Name:	The cURL library
Description:	libcurl Shared Library
MD5:	452c2902474acac03f8eced0ab63973d

Geography of Installations

Installs by Country

44.3%	11.5%	4.6%	4.4%	3.6%	2.7%	2.7%	2.4%	2.2%	1.9%	1.7%	1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%
US	DE	GB	JP	CA	FR	ES	IT	BR	BE	AT	AU	SE	NL	TW	CZ	RU	PL	HU	HK

Installs in the United States

Latest Installs

Comments for BOINC

Versions

7.2.33	1.56%
7.2.31	0.16%
7.2.28	0.78%
7.2.10	0.31%
7.2.5	0.62%
7.1.1	0.16%
7.0.64	44.17%
7.0.56	0.31%
7.0.52	0.93%
7.0.44	0.16%
7.0.38	0.16%
7.0.31	0.31%
7.0.28	32.66%
7.0.25	1.71%
6.12.34	3.73%
6.12.33	1.09%
6.12.26	0.16%
6.10.60	1.40%
6.10.58	4.98%
6.10.56	0.78%
6.10.43	0.31%
6.10.18	1.40%
6.10.17	0.16%
6.6.36	0.16%
6.6.28	0.16%
6.6.20	0.16%
5.10.45	0.16%
5.10.30	0.31%
5.10.28	0.16%
5.10.20	0.16%
5.8.16	0.16%
5.8.11	0.16%
5.4.11	0.31%
5.2.13	0.16%

Facts

BOINC is developed by Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley.
The current user reach of this app is about 0.0019% of all PC users, however this reach has declined from a lifetime average of 0.2192%.
The typical uninstall rate of this software is about 2.95%.
A startup entry key is added to the all-user's registry which will force the program to run when Windows reboots.
The app adds a Windows Service named 'BOINC' (described as: "Downloads, executes, and uploads BOINC tasks").
The current version is 7.2.33 with 34 known versions. The most widely installed version is 7.0.64.
About 44.3% of users who have this installed are located in the United States.

Operating Systems

Windows 7	65.32%
Windows 8	17.11%
Windows XP	9.95%
Windows Vista	7.62%

PC Manufacturers

HP	20.50%
Dell	19.67%
Acer	12.42%
GIGABYTE	9.73%
ASUS	9.52%
Toshiba	5.38%
AMI	4.14%
Intel	3.93%
Sony	3.52%
Lenovo	2.69%
Samsung	1.86%
MSI	1.66%
Alienware	1.45%
Gateway	1.04%
Compaq	1.04%
Medion	0.62%
Sahara	0.41%
Apple	0.21%
NEC	0.21%