SpywareRemovalBlog.com » Fake Codec http://www.spywareremovalblog.com/threat-explorer Remove harmful adware, spyware, trojans, dialers, and Worms. Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 VSCodec PRO http://www.spywareremovalblog.com/threat-explorer/remove-vscodec-pro/ http://www.spywareremovalblog.com/threat-explorer/remove-vscodec-pro/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 17:34:18 +0000 admin http://www.spywareremovalblog.com/threat-explorer/?p=218 What is VSCodecPRO

VSCodec PRO is a new fake application that pretends to be a Windows video-audio codec. It is a corrupt program that typically purports to be a needed upgrade to Windows Media Player in order to run audio/video application. It claims that your media codec has been destroyed. Risk of losing all your audio video files high. To reslove this issue, update your media codec immediately and purchase this fake codec. Therefore, Don’t trust VSCodec PRO and delete that fraudulent software as soon as possible.

Aliases : VSCodecPRO, VS Codec PRO
Infection Type : Fake Codec
Risk Level: High Risk
System Affected : Windows Operating Systems

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General Symptoms

  • Displays fake warning alerts and popups messages.
  • Flashing icons appear on your system tray (Near of your system clock).
  • Hijacked homepage to vscodec-pro.com webpage.

Image of VSCodec PRO

VSCodec PRO

Manual Removal of VSCodec PRO

Kill Spyware Processes ( Help )
wextract.exe

Get rid of Files and Folder ( Help )
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wextract.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\VSCodecPRO
%UserProfile%\Application Data\VSCodecPRO\Autorun.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\VSCodecPRO\Process.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\VSCodecPRO\Service.ico
%UserProfile%\Application Data\VSCodecPRO\settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\VSCodecPRO\uill.ini

Delete following folders ( Help )
VSCodecPRO

Delete Registry Values ( Help )
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “VSCodecPRO”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe

 
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Related Files

wextract.exe


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