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Re: Beware - Divx codec is Adware
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lugnet.animation
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Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:58:15 GMT
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Ouch, thanks for the info James. I definitely won't download it. If you
find a DivX codec without adware in it, please post the link here.
-Tim
In lugnet.publish.cinema, James Wilson writes:
> I downloaded a couple of movies from links at the Brickfilms directory last
> week, and they required me to install a Divx codec to view. One film had a
> link to a codec, so I downloaded it... Later on, after I had hung up my
> modem, I got a message that a program was trying to access the Internet to
> reach Gator.com, and did I want to let it dial-up. After some
> investigating, I traced the problem to the Divx codec that I had downloaded.
> A quick run of AdAware and the problem was gone.
>
> Just a reminder to beware of any software of uncertain origin. And read the
> license - it's in there that this codec is "free" and supported by ads. So
> now I'm trying to find a "really free" divx codec...
>
> James Wilson
> Dallas TX
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 | | Re: Beware - Divx codec is Adware
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| Hello people, One needs to be cautious indeed about this, but things are not as dark as they appear. When you start your download from the DivX website, it clearly gives you the choice between 3 versions: DivX Free - This one has no AdWare, can play (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.animation)
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| | Beware - Divx codec is Adware
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| I downloaded a couple of movies from links at the Brickfilms directory last week, and they required me to install a Divx codec to view. One film had a link to a codec, so I downloaded it... Later on, after I had hung up my modem, I got a message (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.animation)
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