Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Vcodec

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The result of the debate was delete --cesarb 01:46, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vcodec

"Vcodec claims to be a revolutionary codec, but only installs maliscious spyware. Avoid installing." I cannot verify that. The rest of the text is copyvioish, but might just pass (basically a feature list). The claims made are rather strong, especially given that zero evidence is provided. Rl 18:24, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Heavy POV fork. Nestea 01:07, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete soapboxery. Gazpacho 02:01, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Do not Delete. The claims are true. This fake codec installs a Trojan in C:\Windows\System32, filename msmsgs.exe and adds a startup entry to HKLM:...Run in the Windows registry. It's detected by Microsoft Anti-Spyware and described as Messenger.Viruswarning Trojan. The program displays a pop-up message every several minutes to tell you your computer is infected with some virus. I had this Trojan infecting my system myself and killed it by just deleting this file msmsgs.exe from C:\Windows\System32 and removing the startup entry in the registry.
• Delete, unless the soapboxery goes - or maybe afterall: do we need a whole article for every run-of-the-mill spyware bit, anyway? Surely this is nothing in scale or annoyance in comparison to CWS or whatever... --Wwwwolf 19:59, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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