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zCodec Video Codec Is a Trojan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-is-watching-whom? dept.

Bride of Chucky writes "There's a new video codec out there that claims to offer 'up to 40 percent better video quality' but that resets your computer's DNS settings — opening the way for Trojans, rootkits, or whatever. Techworld warns that zCodec looks professional enough, is widely available, and comes in at 100KB. What's the bet the media companies are behind this somewhere?"

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  1. Gimme an S. by uncoveror · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Gimme an S.

    S!

    Gimme an O.

    O!

    Gimme an N.

    N!

    Gimme a Y

    Why? They put rootkits on CDs. They are just the kind of company that would make a video codec that is a trojan.

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  2. Re:What! by zmollusc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Are you stupid or something? It isn't going to be anywhere near 40% improvement. That is just to lure you in. Real-world improvement will be 10% max, you gullible fool.

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  3. Therms of use? by Sparco · · Score: 0, Redundant

    www.zcodec.com

    Granted the site does look somewhat professional; but could use a quick spell check. 'Therms of use' ... come on now.

    WHOIS:

            ZCodec Inc
            Abrahamen Biderman (webmaster@zcodec.com)
            5624 17th Ave
            Brooklyn
            New York
            NY,11204-1834
            US
            Tel. +718.2364275

  4. "Therms of use" by NVP_Radical_Dreamer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As their THERMS of use point out, they can use this to install other crap on your machine

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION: Components bundled with our software may report to Licensor and/or its affiliates the installation status of certain marketing offers, such as toolbars, and also generalized installation information, such as language preference and operating system version, to assist Licensor in its product development. No personal information will be communicated to VCODEC or its affiliates during this process. Licensor may offer additional components through our version checking/update system. These components include: Toolbar, Popup advertising solution, Commercial homepage manager, Commercial messenger.

    No thanks, I'll keep my machine the way it is thankyouverymuch

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