Media System Codec Description

Media System Codec is a malicious software masquerading as a video or audio codec. Advertised as a coder/decoder required for loading and viewing specific media files on fraudulent and most often malicious websites, what the user typically receives after installing Media System Codec is adware. Media System Codec has been known to display a large quantity of unwanted popup advertisements.

Type: Malware

How Can You Detect Media System Codec?

Media System Codec creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Media System Codec”

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