WinCoDecPRO

WinCoDecPRO is yet another fake antivir….. wait we have got something different here, a fake media player.

According to 2-spyware.com, WinCoDecPRO generates the following popups:

Fatal Error: The media system on your computer is corrupt. Update your video codec immediately to resolve this issue.

Warning, media codec on your computer has been destroyed. Risk of loosing your audio video files high. To resolve this issue, update your media codec immediately.

Warning! Fatal Error: all Media systems on your computer have been crashed.

Attention! Media components on your computer have been corrupted due to a fatal error. Your system can’t play audio video files and use media applications!

To resolve this issue and restore your system, update your media codec immediately!.

These warnings are fake and you can still play your media files. Ignore whatever “Program of the XXI Century” says. Seriously, that’s how WinCoDecPRO’s website describes it.

Unfortunately their aren’t any instructions to manually remove WinCoDecPRO yet. Your best bet is to find and delete any folder named “WinCoDecPRO” however that wont completely remove the infection. For now, only running a program like Spyware Doctor will completely remove WinCoDecPRO and the Trojan that put it on your computer from your computer.

If you have a dead Mac user on your floor, with a good lawyer you should just get done for manslaughter.

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