I reacted when the article was posted.

From the article: "it is highly likely Pomegranate is earning GRC illegitimately through unwanted software installed unknowingly on victims' computers".

By now there is more information from the comments and I no longer see the issue. I checked the website and it looks quite clear to me that when installing you are donating computer power.

It is the users responsibility to make sure that what he installs is legit, from a trusted source and functions as intended.

As long as they are contributing to the BOINC projects, paid or not, I see no issue. I have been BOINCing for 15 or so years. Don't really care what client.

I do understand big miners get nervous. Their magnitude drops and they can't do anything about it but to try and blame someone else.

Does gridcoin now need to 'check' what is used to contribute to science? Being the BOINC internet cop. Good luck with that.

As vortac says: it's still contributing to science.