Hey there, I'm making a list of fake "codecs", what these are is if you go on a website to watch a video and it says you need to download a Codec you download it and BAM you've got a virus, of course there are "Legit Codec's",


Here is a collection of fake Codec's I'm making if you've got any to add please reply .

AccessKeyGenerator
Dvd Codec
Dvd Access
Emcodec
eMedia Codec
Hificodec
HQ Codec
iCodecPack
iMediaCodec
IMCodec
IntCodec
ivideocodec
LightCodec
KeyCodec
Media-Codec
MediaCodec
MedCodec
MMediaCodec
MovieCodec
Moviecsodec
MPCODEC
Newvidscodec
nvidcodec
PCODEC
Perfect Codec
PlayerCodec
PlayersCodec
PlayCodecs
PowerCodec
PornPass Manager
PornMag Pass
SoftCodec
strCodec
SiteTicket
SiteKeyMaker
Siteentrances
svideocodec
TrueCodec
TvCodec
TvsCodec
Tvs-Codec
TsCodec
v-codec
VaxObject
Vccodec
VCodec2007
VideosAccess
VideoCompressionCodec
VideoKeyCodec
Videoscash
VideosCodec,
vidscodec
WinMediaCodec
WMcodec
X Password Generator
X Password Manager
ZipCodec
Zcodec

Codec list updated: July 28th 2007


So if any websites tell you to download any of these Codecs, DON'T download them.

If you have already downloaded a one of these codecs, please follow the Pchf Prework


As said above, the list is not complete so if you know any what's not in the list please post.


Thanks

Bugsey

Thanks for the list Bugsey

Nice effort there Bugsey. While you're at it, you may like to add: ivideocodec, LightCodec.

So everyone, if you go to a website to view a video and it asks you to install something, be cautious.

The easiest solution is to plain old not download codecs that ask you to download them (or anything for that matter really). I have no anti-virus for a simple reason, I strongely belive in formatting, and it is plain to see when a file is bogus or not. Do not download files that you were not looking for. And perhaps getting porn from a P2P program might be a better idea.

Good find Bugsey!

Thanks for those 2 Chia .

Brad i understand where you're coming from but you can get people who don't know how to format or even what a Anti-virus & Firewall is! , then one day a website could ask them to install a Codec and then they may remember seeing a list on Pchelpforum they then reread the list and see it's a fake Codec and don't download it.


And also thanks Henry & Upgrader! .

Nice one bugs! A lot of people don't know what are good codecs or bad codecs, or even what a codec is! All they want to do is play the file they just downloaded! Formatting when things go wrong isn't a good option for many people, like Bugsey said, for people who don't know how to format in the first place, and for others like myself, who have a few complicated installs with Perl and Oracle, I personally would rather prevent the problem rather than spend the next week rebuilding everything. Every little helps me thinks!