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Media System Codec

Posted: July 10, 2009

Media System Codec is a malware hidden under the name of video/audio codec. It is advertised on fraudulent websites as a coder/decoder required for loading and viewing certain media files. What you unfortunately get, however, after installing Media System Codec is adware. Media System Codec floods your PC with a large amount of unwanted popup ads. Do not trust any websites promoting MediaSystemCodec and try to avoid downloading this malware.

Registry Modifications

  • The following newly produced Registry Values are:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Media System Codec"
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