Infostealer.Ebod might as well name itself “Spyware.exe,” because that’s exactly what it is, and it doesn’t seem to care if we know. Infostealer.Ebod enters as a Trojan horse attached to a legitimate Flash installer. Then, once it’s set up shop in your computer, take a wild guess what it does next.

Yup, it steals your info.

More specifically, Infostealer.Ebod has been known to gather computer names and Media Access Control addresses, as well as search engine results and browser histories, and then it sends this information to a remote location. It also may hijack your browser to annoying web ads.

When it comes to these Infostealer worms, you never know what information they’re capable of tracking. So, if identity theft isn’t your idea of a fun weekend, I’ll show you how to remove Infostealer.Ebod, for free.

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VSCodec PRO is a fake video codec that promises to “increase the quality of audio and video up to 60%” (www.VSCodec-Pro.com), for $49.99-79.99.

Why not just invest in a better computer?

You’ll want to, after VS Codec PRO gets in your machine. If you have VSCodec PRO, your sound settings get effed with, and you’ll get a system tray alert that may read, “Fatal error. Media system on your computer is corrupt. Update your sound and video codec immediately to resolve this issue,” or “Fatal Erro. Windows can`t play the folowing (sic) media formats: AVI; WMV; AVS; FLV; MKV; MOV; 3GP; MP4; MPG; MPEG; MP3; AAC; WAV; WMA; CDA; FLAC; M4A; MID. Update your video and sound codec to resolve this issue” If you follow this VSCodec PRO popup’s prompts, you’re taken to VSCodec-Pro.com/purchase.html to waste money on the scamware. Outside of that fun, VSCodec PRO may also hijack your browser and launch loads of other VSCodec PRO popups.

Before this badware makes you take a baseball bat to your PC, I’ll show you how to uninstall VSCodec PRO.

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VAC Codec is a fake multimedia player, with a Trojan attached. To trick you into launching VAC Codec, you’ll get a popup prompting you to download VAC Codec in order to watch “Rihanna Nude Video” or “Malin Akerman Nude Video.” You need VAC Codec like you need a hacker snooping through your PC. Which is fitting, because if you follow this VAC Codec popup’s cues, you’ll really end up setting a Trojan loose in your system.

If you really want to see Rihanna naked, visit PerezHilton.com. Done? Let me show you how to get rid of VAC Codec.

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PC Codec Pack is a fake video codec that pops up spoof system alerts to trick you into buying PC Codec Pack. If you have PC Codec Pack, you’ll see a PC Codec Pack popup that says you need PC Codec Pack to play Windows media.

You need this “video codec” like you need scamware on your PC. Which is fitting, because if you follow this PC Codec Pack popup’s prompts, you’ll be taken to PC-Codec-Pack.com to waste $19.99 on PC Codec Pack . Which is great, if you want to blow dough. But I’d rather burn cash at Vegas.

So let me show you how to get rid of PC Codec Pack.

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HeroCodec is a fake video codec that pops up spoof system alerts to trick you into buying HeroCodec. If you have HeroCodec, you’ll see a HeroCodec popup that says you need HeroCodec to play Windows media.

You need this “video codec” like you need scamware on your PC. Which is fitting, because if you follow this HeroCodec popup’s prompts, you’ll be taken to a site to waste money on software you don’t need. Which is great, if you want to blow dough. But I’d rather burn cash at Vegas.

So let me show you how to get rid of HeroCodec.

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