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BAP wrote:

[snip]

and DivX Player 2.1. I took a chance at uninstalling some of the Codex
appearing in the list of Add/Remove Programs. I figured that, since I had
their software, I could have re-installed them, if necessary. Needless to
say, I ran into some problems. Some players still function, as they did
earlier. Some complain that they can find the appropriate Codec, DIV4 or
DIV3. The Codex on hand a DivXPlayer 2.1 upgrade.exe, DivXPro505Gain
Bundle, eCodec-v4.541.exe, GDivX1.9.9.6.exe, WM9Codecs.exe and
XviD-041020021. Now, I feel that if I do re-install any of them, more junk
might be added to the Registry.
Do you have any idea of what might be best to do at this point? A better
Codec, perhaps?
Thank you!
***


The 'DivXPro505Gain Bundle' is a codec bundled with spyware.
Said so when you installed it, didn't it?


Big Warning.
eCodec 4.107(2006-01-24) - ZLOB family of Trojans
warning(-w-w-w-.-e-M-e-d-i-a-C-o-d-e-c-.-c-o-m-)warning

A safe info page from 'Trend Micro' - The ZLOB Show:
Trojan Poses as Fake Video Codec, Loads More Threats
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/secadvisories/default6.asp?VNAME=The+ZLOB+Show%3A+Trojan+poses+a s+fake+video+codec%2C+loads+more+threats


Your version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same
or similar.



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"... et al." wrote in message
...
| BAP wrote:
|
| [snip]
|
| and DivX Player 2.1. I took a chance at uninstalling some of the Codex
| appearing in the list of Add/Remove Programs. I figured that, since I
had
| their software, I could have re-installed them, if necessary. Needless
to
| say, I ran into some problems. Some players still function, as they did
| earlier. Some complain that they can find the appropriate Codec, DIV4 or
| DIV3. The Codex on hand a DivXPlayer 2.1 upgrade.exe, DivXPro505Gain
| Bundle, eCodec-v4.541.exe, GDivX1.9.9.6.exe, WM9Codecs.exe and
| XviD-041020021. Now, I feel that if I do re-install any of them, more
junk
| might be added to the Registry.
| Do you have any idea of what might be best to do at this point? A
better
| Codec, perhaps?
| Thank you!
| ***
|
|
| The 'DivXPro505Gain Bundle' is a codec bundled with spyware.
| Said so when you installed it, didn't it?
|
|
| Big Warning.
| eCodec 4.107(2006-01-24) - ZLOB family of Trojans
| warning(-w-w-w-.-e-M-e-d-i-a-C-o-d-e-c-.-c-o-m-)warning
|
| A safe info page from 'Trend Micro' - The ZLOB Show:
| Trojan Poses as Fake Video Codec, Loads More Threats
|
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/seca...AME=The+ZLOB+S
how%3A+Trojan+poses+as+fake+video+codec%2C+loads+m ore+threats
|
|
| Your version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same
| or similar.
|
|
|
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Wow, I never bothered to check for the Codex/bundles... sounds NASTY...

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****
Is there bundle or any Codec that would be safe to download and install to
resolve the missing DIV3 or DIV4?
Thank you, for your warning!
***

"... et al." wrote:

BAP wrote:

[snip]

and DivX Player 2.1. I took a chance at uninstalling some of the Codex
appearing in the list of Add/Remove Programs. I figured that, since I had
their software, I could have re-installed them, if necessary. Needless to
say, I ran into some problems. Some players still function, as they did
earlier. Some complain that they can find the appropriate Codec, DIV4 or
DIV3. The Codex on hand a DivXPlayer 2.1 upgrade.exe, DivXPro505Gain
Bundle, eCodec-v4.541.exe, GDivX1.9.9.6.exe, WM9Codecs.exe and
XviD-041020021. Now, I feel that if I do re-install any of them, more junk
might be added to the Registry.
Do you have any idea of what might be best to do at this point? A better
Codec, perhaps?
Thank you!
***


The 'DivXPro505Gain Bundle' is a codec bundled with spyware.
Said so when you installed it, didn't it?


Big Warning.
eCodec 4.107(2006-01-24) - ZLOB family of Trojans
warning(-w-w-w-.-e-M-e-d-i-a-C-o-d-e-c-.-c-o-m-)warning

A safe info page from 'Trend Micro' - The ZLOB Show:
Trojan Poses as Fake Video Codec, Loads More Threats
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/secadvisories/default6.asp?VNAME=The+ZLOB+Show%3A+Trojan+poses+a s+fake+video+codec%2C+loads+more+threats


Your version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same
or similar.



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BAP wrote:

****
Is there bundle or any Codec that would be safe to download and install to
resolve the missing DIV3 or DIV4?

I've downloaded and installed various DivX/XviD Codecs in the
past. For the last couple of years mostly i only update WMP to
get the Codecs included with that, like running the
[WM9Codecs.exe] you mention. Beyond that, for DivX(3,4,5)/XviD
and MPEG4, i also install a codec-package called 'ffdshow'.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/

"ffdshow is DirectShow and VFW codec for decoding/encoding many
video and audio formats, including DivX and XviD movies using
libavcodec, xvid and other opensourced libraries with a rich set
of postprocessing filters."

I see it hasn't been updated from the [ffdshow-20041012.exe] file
i downloaded a couple of years ago. Anyhow, with this installed
my computer plays most AVI-format movies i've tried to run using
mostly the last freeware version 'BSplayer' and 'Media Player
Classic' as players.


Thank you, for your warning!

A filename is just a filename, and can be anything (using the
rules for a filename). It doesn't necessarily say anything about
what's inside. Once upon a time i downloaded a file named
[eCodec-v4.107.exe] and my anti-virus software detects it and a
few other differently named fake /codecs/ i've downloaded as
being various 'ZLOB family' Trojans.
Based solely on the similarity in the filename i accused "Your
version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same or
similar.", but i find it a little strange if your Anti-virus
software with updated virus-definitions doesn't object to it if
you scan it (or when you've tried to run it in the past). Your
file might be something totally different and legit compared to
the similarly named file i downloaded to my menagerie of uglies.
I do however suggest that you upload a copy of that file of yours
to one of the online anti-virus scanners.

http://www.virustotal.com/ and_or http://virusscan.jotti.org/

If it is found to be a trojan and you have had it /installed/
earlier and your current anti-virus program never complained
about anything, i'd consider downloading a different anti-virus
software and at least temporarily uninstalling the current one
and installing the other new one instead.
Or, perhaps first, scanning your whole HardDiskDrive with one of
them online Anti-Virus scanners (ActiveX controls?). I've never
done the last myself, so don't know where and how.



***

"... et al." wrote:

BAP wrote:

[snip]

and DivX Player 2.1. I took a chance at uninstalling some of the Codex
appearing in the list of Add/Remove Programs. I figured that, since I had
their software, I could have re-installed them, if necessary. Needless to
say, I ran into some problems. Some players still function, as they did
earlier. Some complain that they can find the appropriate Codec, DIV4 or
DIV3. The Codex on hand a DivXPlayer 2.1 upgrade.exe, DivXPro505Gain
Bundle, eCodec-v4.541.exe, GDivX1.9.9.6.exe, WM9Codecs.exe and
XviD-041020021. Now, I feel that if I do re-install any of them, more junk
might be added to the Registry.
Do you have any idea of what might be best to do at this point? A better
Codec, perhaps?
Thank you!
***

The 'DivXPro505Gain Bundle' is a codec bundled with spyware.
Said so when you installed it, didn't it?


Big Warning.
eCodec 4.107(2006-01-24) - ZLOB family of Trojans
warning(-w-w-w-.-e-M-e-d-i-a-C-o-d-e-c-.-c-o-m-)warning

A safe info page from 'Trend Micro' - The ZLOB Show:
Trojan Poses as Fake Video Codec, Loads More Threats
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/secadvisories/default6.asp?VNAME=The+ZLOB+Show%3A+Trojan+poses+a s+fake+video+codec%2C+loads+more+threats


Your version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same
or similar.



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On Mar 17, 2:18*am, "... et al."
wrote:
BAP wrote:
****
Is there bundle or any Codec that would be safe to download and install to
resolve the missing DIV3 or DIV4?

I've downloaded and installed various DivX/XviD Codecs in the
past. For the last couple of years mostly i only update WMP to
get the Codecs included with that, like running the
[WM9Codecs.exe] you mention. Beyond that, for DivX(3,4,5)/XviD
and MPEG4, i also install a codec-package called 'ffdshow'.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/

"ffdshow is DirectShow and VFW codec for decoding/encoding many
video and audio formats, including DivX and XviD movies using
libavcodec, xvid and other opensourced libraries with a rich set
of postprocessing filters."

I see it hasn't been updated from the [ffdshow-20041012.exe]file
i downloaded a couple of years ago. Anyhow, with this installed
my computer plays most AVI-format movies i've tried to run using
mostly the last freeware version 'BSplayer' and 'Media Player
Classic' as players.

Thank you, for your warning!

A filename is just a filename, and can be anything (using the
rules for a filename). It doesn't necessarily say anything about
what's inside. Once upon a time i downloaded afilenamed
[eCodec-v4.107.exe] and my anti-virus software detects it and a
few other differently named fake /codecs/ i've downloaded as
being various 'ZLOB family' Trojans.
Based solely on the similarity in the filename i accused "Your
version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same or
similar.", but i find it a little strange if your Anti-virus
software with updated virus-definitions doesn't object to it if
you scan it (or when you've tried to run it in the past). Yourfilemight be something totally different and legit compared to
the similarly namedfilei downloaded to my menagerie of uglies.
I do however suggest that youuploada copy of thatfileof yours
to one of the online anti-virus scanners.

http://www.virustotal.com/ and_or http://virusscan.jotti.org/

If it is found to be a trojan and you have had it /installed/
earlier and your current anti-virus program never complained
about anything, i'd consider downloading a different anti-virus
software and at least temporarily uninstalling the current one
and installing the other new one instead.
Or, perhaps first, scanning your whole HardDiskDrive with one of
them online Anti-Virus scanners (ActiveX controls?). I've never
done the last myself, so don't know where and how.



***

"... et al." wrote:

BAP wrote:

* * * [snip]

and DivX Player 2.1. I took a chance at uninstalling some of the Codex
appearing in the list of Add/Remove Programs. I figured that, since I had
their software, *I could have re-installed them, if necessary. Needless to
say, I ran into some problems. Some players still function, as they did
earlier. Some complain that they can find the appropriate Codec, DIV4 or
DIV3. The Codex on hand a DivXPlayer 2.1 upgrade.exe, DivXPro505Gain
Bundle, eCodec-v4.541.exe, GDivX1.9.9.6.exe, WM9Codecs.exe and
XviD-041020021. Now, I feel that if I do re-install any of them, more junk
might be added to the Registry.
Do you have any idea of what might be best *to do at this point? A better
Codec, perhaps?
Thank you!
***

The 'DivXPro505Gain *Bundle' is a codec bundled with spyware.
Said so when you installed it, didn't it?

* * Big Warning.
eCodec 4.107(2006-01-24) - ZLOB family of Trojans
* * warning(-w-w-w-.-e-M-e-d-i-a-C-o-d-e-c-.-c-o-m-)warning

A safe info page from 'Trend Micro' - The ZLOB Show:
* Trojan Poses as Fake Video Codec, Loads More Threats
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/secadvisories/default6.asp?VNAME=The+...

Your version [eCodec-v4.541.exe] most probably contain the same
or similar.

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If you plan on integrating with an antivirus to perform virus scanning
and content checking may be you should check out Metascan -
http://www.opswat.com/metascan.shtml
Live demo is avaliable at http://www.filterbit.com
I think that it could help you out with queue management, scanning ,
content checking , archive support

wrote:

"... et al." wrote:

I do however suggest that you upload a copy of that file of yours
to one of the online anti-virus scanners.

http://www.virustotal.com/ and_or http://virusscan.jotti.org/




If you plan on integrating with an antivirus to perform virus scanning
and content checking may be you should check out Metascan -
http://www.opswat.com/metascan.shtml

Wrong group to peddle your wares. Especially since its "Supported
Operating Systems" is only WinNT (various versions), not Windows.
And why run my own when if don't trust the result of the single
AV-engine (with its defs) that i have installed, i can upload
suspect files to meta-scanners at the links i gave above.
Services that are hopefully run and kept up to date by people
much more knowledgeable about this then me.


Live demo is avaliable at http://www.filterbit.com

Seems to be a third alternative to Hispasec's VirusTotal and
Jotti's 'malware scan' above. Fine, so i upload a the sample to
try it out. Uploaded Zip-archived, 4 of the 6 scan-engines
detected the ZLOB trojan:

results.cgi
ClamAV
-

Eset scanning engine
a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Zlob trojan,
Win32/TrojanDownloader.Zlob.OU trojan

eTrust Engine
-

MicroWorld scanning engine
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob.fn,
Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.a

Norman Scan Engine
W32/Suspicious_U.gen

VirusBuster EDK
Packed/Upack, Trojan.Zlob.CTG

Final Result INFECTED (66% detection rate)
/results.cgi

Seems it needs some finetuning as it returned a "Software error:
...."-page the first time i uploaded the file ( then not archived
but with a '.malware'-extension ). ( Hopefully just a temporary
glitch. )


I think that it could help you out with queue management, scanning ,
content checking , archive support


I'm fine thanks. Now, there's the door.


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.... et al. wrote:

BAP wrote:

****
Is there bundle or any Codec that would be safe to download and
install to resolve the missing DIV3 or DIV4?

I've downloaded and installed various DivX/XviD Codecs in the past. For
the last couple of years mostly i only update WMP to get the Codecs
included with that, like running the [WM9Codecs.exe] you mention. Beyond
that, for DivX(3,4,5)/XviD and MPEG4, i also install a codec-package
called 'ffdshow'.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/

"ffdshow is DirectShow and VFW codec for decoding/encoding many video
and audio formats, including DivX and XviD movies using libavcodec, xvid
and other opensourced libraries with a rich set of postprocessing filters."

I see it hasn't been updated from the [ffdshow-20041012.exe] file i
downloaded a couple of years ago. Anyhow, with this installed my
computer plays most AVI-format movies i've tried to run using mostly the
last freeware version 'BSplayer' and 'Media Player Classic' as players.


Oy, am i playin' on the trailing edge as usual. As i wrote, that
old codec-package i once downloaded has worked and continues to
work for me. But it is still actively developed, and a better
site to point to is:

http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/
Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFDShow

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The same thing goes for my old bookmark to 'Media Player
Classic', ( guliverkli ).
Development there has dried up and there are now two new branches
of development ( *Both these are for WinNT versions only* ):

'Media Player Classic (patched)':
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/
( We have also fixed all known security vulnerabilities. )
and 'Media Player Classic Home Cinema':
http://tibrium.neuf.fr/index.html
Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_player_classic

So using the old version of 'Media Player Classic' under Win98xE
to access online media directly might be a security-risk.


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.... et al. wrote:

... et al. wrote:


hi, it's me again.

The same thing goes for my old bookmark to 'Media Player Classic', (
guliverkli ).
Development there has dried up and there are now two new branches of
development ( *Both these are for WinNT versions only* ):

'Media Player Classic (patched)':
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli2/
( We have also fixed all known security vulnerabilities. )

Hmm.. just went to download this and there are two different
builds one named [mplayerc_20080308_win9x.zip] strongly
suggesting that a new security patched version exists also for
Win98. :-)



So using the old version of 'Media Player Classic' under Win98xE to
access online media directly might be a security-risk.


So download the new version that *do* exist. :-)


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