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1. Re: BEWARE of Fake Codecs !!!
Neil Wilkes Oct 31, 2006 10:58 AM (in response to John T Smith)Why Oh Why am I just NOT surprised here.
These so-called "Codec Packs", as has been discussed here more times than I care to think about, are essentially a collection of hacked and back engineered legitimate licensed codecs (when this is what they are) or else something altogether more unsavoury.
The people who steal others work are not doing this out of some kind of "goodness in their hearts" to bring you, the idiot that installs them, something for free - they have another motive that may well be deeply hidden (like the keyloggers, disc imagers, hijackers & assorted trojans & malware that is often built into these "cracks") such as wanting the details of your Bank accounts.....
Software developers have bills to pay & families to house, clothe & feed.
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2. Re: BEWARE of Fake Codecs !!!
John T Smith Oct 31, 2006 12:39 PM (in response to John T Smith)>people who steal others work
Back at the dawn of recorded history (well... about the time Dos5 was released, as I remember) I used the Clipper compiler to create an EXE out of a dBaseIII application I had written, and cast it out on the Shareware waters
One of the services I offered registered users was a very low cost option for custom reports out of the database (this was, of course, for those who did not have dBase themselves to write their own reports)
About the 4th or 5th (or 20th?) time I received a request for support or custom programming from someone who was using the program without registering, I gave up on that effort and abandoned that project completely
There is always SOMEONE who will try to get something for nothing... even if it means not paying for something you are using... or outright theft -
3. Re: BEWARE of Fake Codecs !!!
Bill Hunt Jul 3, 2008 6:13 PM (in response to John T Smith)John,
Thank you for this link. I just picked up PE4 to supplement PP, and have been hanging around their Adobe Forum to try and learn that particular software package. It is all too common for replies to recommend various CODEC "packs," when faced with a problem.
I posted your link in that forum, with attributes to you for finding it and posting it here.
Appreciated,
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4. Re: BEWARE of Fake Codecs !!!
Neil Wilkes Jul 7, 2008 5:13 AM (in response to John T Smith)Common problem.
Codec packs often comprise of licensed en/decoders that have been hacked either to remove a watermark from a demo or to eliminate a timeout on a demo.
Either way, it is exactly the same as installing cracked software.
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5. Re: BEWARE of Fake Codecs !!!
WebOfWebs Jan 16, 2009 8:55 AM (in response to John T Smith)Community Codec Pack, and K-Lite are two packs that are free and reliable. No spyware, malware, nor viruses. Good installers / uninstallers.
(and yes, i am an IT expert, work in the industry, have every type of computer/program there is, etc, etc, bla, bla, boring...)
I've never had to deal with the problems mentioned above, and hopefully never will. But its all sound advise - if you dont know what you are doing, dont install free anything off the internet. -
6. Re: BEWARE of Fake Codecs !!!
Jeff Bellune Jan 16, 2009 9:35 AM (in response to John T Smith)>Community Codec Pack, and K-Lite are two packs that are free and reliable.
I couldn't disagree more.




