Live-Player

Live-Player is reportedly a malicious software program that can trick you to install other malicious software onto your computer.

I use the word “reportedly” as I have been reading conflicting reports on Live-Player on different websites. 411-Spyware says that “Live-Player may slip contextual ads into your web experience, and launch Live-Player pop-under ads.” This is standard for alot of add supported programs. 411 goes onto say that “Live-Player may also suggest downloading more software — such as video codecs — to watch material.” 2-spyware.com also says this but goes one step further and calls Live-Player an “adware infection”.

Although I’ve put Live-Player in “Damn Scams”, I’m hesitant to call it scam. Live-Player’s listing in the Symantic database is a cause of concern but with the information I have found, I wouldn’t suggest completely avoiding Live-Player. There are alot of security websites that say to avoid it but I haven’t been able to find any forums with users complaining about the software. Despite it wanting you to install fake codecs, this could be the fault of a 3rd party on not Live-Player so be cautious when asked to install anything when using Live-Player.

If you want to install Live Player, I suggest having a paid up to date antivirus/antispyware program installed on your computer. If it flashes a warning when you try to install Live-Player, cancel the installation.

If you are having problems with Live-Player, here are the Live-Player removal instructions.

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Luxe Codec XP

Luxe Codec XP is a fake video codec that tries to annoy with popups to get you to buy the full version so it can “improve” your video quality. All Luxe Codec XP does in make the scammers richer and leave you with a worthless fake codec.

Luxe Codec XP generates the following error:

Warning:
Fatal Error: Windows Cannot Play the Following video formats AVI;ASF;WMV;AVS;FLK;MKV;MOV;3GP;MP4;MPG;MP3;AAC;WAV;WMA;CDA;CDA;FLAC;M4A;MID
Update your video codec to resolve this issue.

Despite what the message says, your computer can play most of those formats.

There are no detailed manual removal instructions for Luxe Codec XP yet so just follow these instructions in the mean time.

Click Start > Run: Type MSCONFIG, Click OK, Uncheck “Load Startup Items“, click OK and restart your computer when prompted. This should stop those annoying popups and make life a little easier. Now click Start > Search, in “What do you want to search for?” Click “All files and folders.” Do a search for Luxe Codec XP and LuxeCodecXP and delete any folder using this name.

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MYBARACKOBAMA PROFILE HACK PUNTS MALWARE

Inaugural Trojan

Virus authors are exploiting a website associated with President Barack Obama in order to distribute a Trojan.

The new president’s use of Web 2.0 technologies is being misused in a fake video codec scam centered around My.BarackObama.com, an online community for supporters of the new president.

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