[PROXYPER] DNETC installed without my knowledge ??

Mon Jul 22 13:47:50 EDT 2002

hi peter, 

  maybe to better put your mind at ease, you could visit distributed.net
and see what they do. in a nutshell, the packets that your computer has
sent are really chunks of processed data that has nothing to do with
your files in your computer. as far as i know, no vital information
about your pc is transmitted.

  if you want to remove dnetc, you could just run the command dnetc
-uninstall on the folder containing the dnetc files. if it is running
you are losing nothing except a few bytes of transmission through the
network (very negligible if you are to ask me).

  another route you could take is to change the id of the crunched data
to something you own so you will be credited for helping out. just run
dnetc -config on teh folder containing the dnetc. running a dnetc client
does not hurt/slowdown your system as it only use wasted cpu cycles.

ciao!

Peter Richards wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> On 21 Jul 2002 at 18:16, Messenger, Mark wrote:
> 
> > Actually, the email address shown is just the Dnetc ID of the person who
> > your computer was working for.
> 
> But I don't know this person at all, nor did I install Dnetc.
> 
> > I doubt it was actually sending any files of yours out to anyone.
> 
> Then why would the 'log' file have entries like:
> 
> > [Feb 09 10:32:40 UTC] Retrieved 45 RC5 packets (113 work units) from
> > server
> >
> > 23:40:00 UTC] Completed RC5 packet FCDE37BF:60000000 (7*2^28 keys)
> > 0.00:11:00.30 - [704,724.61 keys/sec]
> 
> Peter
> 
>  -----Original Message----- From: Peter Richards
> > [mailto:jehoshua at tpg.com.au] Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 6:34 PM To: Sir
> > Abarth Cc: proxyper at lists.distributed.net Subject: Re: [PROXYPER] DNETC
> > installed without my knowledge ??
> >
> > Hi,
> > On 21 Jul 2002 at 3:19, Sir Abarth wrote:
> > > This is a known problem for them. Some lamer made this thing, without the
> > > knowledge of the head of DPC Division Eindhoven. If you simply mail at
> > > the hotmail account, you should get a reply with some explanation I
> > > think. You can't see anything at that ip-adress because the owner of that
> > > proxy changed ip after he noticed a lot of illegal clients (and some
> > > other unnecessary traffic).
> > Okay, thanks, but what was being emailed from my computer. The
> > log file shows traffic going out ??
> > Peter
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Peter Richards" <jehoshua at tpg.com.au>
> > > To: <proxyper at llamas.net>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 6:08 AM
> > > Subject: [PROXYPER] DNETC installed without my knowledge ??
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I noticed DNETC.exe running on my computer, and to my
> > > > knowledge I did not install it.
> > > >
> > > > The DNETC.INI file contents are:
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > [parameters]
> > > > id=dpc_de at hotmail.com
> > > > [misc]
> > > > project-priority=RC5,OGR=0,DES=0,CSC=0
> > > >
> > > > [networking]
> > > > keyserver=62.195.38.112:2064
> > > > nofallback=true
> > > > autofindkeyserver=no
> > > >
> > > > [rc5]
> > > > preferred-blocksize=33
> > > > fetch-time-threshold=0
> > > > fetch-workunit-threshold=100
> > > > randomprefix=252
> > > >
> > > > [ogr]
> > > > fetch-workunit-threshold=5
> > > >
> > > > [buffers]
> > > > frequent-threshold-checks=0
> > > > checkpoint-filename=dpc
> > > >
> > > > [logging]
> > > > log-file=koelog.txt
> > > > log-file-type=fifo
> > > >
> > > > [triggers]
> > > > restart-on-config-file-change=yes
> > > >
> > > > [display]
> > > > progress-indicator=on
> > > > detached=yes
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >
> > > > It's almost as if someone is using my computer to relay RC5
> > > > packets ? There is a file called KOELOG.TXT conatining:
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > [Feb 09 10:32:31 UTC] The perproxy says: "The Four Horsemen
> > > > Personal Proxy!"
> > > > [Feb 09 10:32:40 UTC] Retrieved 45 RC5 packets (113 work units)
> > > > >from server
> > > >
> > > > dnetc v2.8010-463-CTR-00071214 for Win32 (Windows 4.0).
> > > > Using email address (distributed.net ID) 'dpc_de at hotmail.com'
> > > >
> > > > [Jul 17 05:00:26 UTC] Recovered 1 checkpoint packet
> > > > [Jul 17 05:00:26 UTC] RC5: using core #2 (RG class 6).
> > > > [Jul 17 05:00:26 UTC] Loaded RC5 7*2^28 packet
> > > > FCDE37BF:60000000 (73.40% done)
> > > > [Jul 17 05:00:26 UTC] 0 RC5 packets (0 work units) remain in buff-
> > > > in.rc5 [Jul 17 05:00:26 UTC] 0 RC5 packets (0 work units) are in buff-
> > > > out.rc5 [Jul 17 05:00:26 UTC] 1 cruncher has been started. [Jul 17
> > > > 05:01:15 UTC] *Break* Shutting down... [Jul 17 05:01:16 UTC] Saved RC5
> > > > 7*2^28 packet FCDE37BF:60000000 (75.20% done) [Jul 17 05:01:16 UTC]
> > > > Summary: 0 RC5 packets (0*2^28 keys) 0.00:00:00.00 [Jul 17 05:01:16
> > > > UTC] 1 RC5 packet (7 work units) is in buff-in.rc5 [Jul 17 05:01:16
> > > > UTC] 0 RC5 packets (0 work units) are in buff- out.rc5
> > > >
> > > > dnetc v2.8010-463-CTR-00071214 for Win32 (Windows 4.0).
> > > > Using email address (distributed.net ID) 'dpc_de at hotmail.com'
> > > >
> > > > [Jul 17 23:29:00 UTC] RC5: using core #2 (RG class 6).
> > > > [Jul 17 23:29:00 UTC] Loaded RC5 7*2^28 packet
> > > > FCDE37BF:60000000 (75.20% done)
> > > > [Jul 17 23:29:00 UTC] 0 RC5 packets (0 work units) remain in buff-
> > > > in.rc5 [Jul 17 23:29:00 UTC] 0 RC5 packets (0 work units) are in buff-
> > > > out.rc5 [Jul 17 23:29:00 UTC] 1 cruncher has been started. [Jul 17
> > > > 23:40:00 UTC] Completed RC5 packet FCDE37BF:60000000 (7*2^28 keys)
> > > > 0.00:11:00.30 - [704,724.61 keys/sec]
> > > >
> > > > {SNIP}
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >
> > > > Can the person who is responsible for this (assuming it is
> > > > dpc_de at hotmail.com) be reported in some way ??
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
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