What is Codec?

Codec is software application developed by WebPick Internet Holdings Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 78.70% of installations running this operating system. Codec's installer is typically 583.00 KB in size and installs around 2 files.

Codec is most popular in the United States with 48.81% of installations residing in this country.

Codec adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Codec?

Codec by Premium is a web browser plugin that has been identified as potentially harmful and unwanted. It is known to be installed within Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Codec.

runtime.dll (MD5: cdfb7779dcf5b74f27417a45984b30ba) has been flagged by 3 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
ESET-NOD32	8831	Win32/GenUpdater
Fortinet FortiGate	5.1.147.0	W32/GenUpdater
VIPRE Antivirus	21724	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Codec.exe (MD5: ec74cf567f829a401c3b8644f361c26d) has been flagged by 7 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Baidu-International	4.0.3.131029	Malware.Win32.Agent.39
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4562	W32.Clod08c.Trojan
McAfee	5600.7122	Artemis!CDFB7779DCF5
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7122	Artemis!CDFB7779DCF5
ESET-NOD32	8831	Win32/GenUpdater
Fortinet FortiGate	5.1.147.0	W32/GenUpdater
VIPRE Antivirus	21724	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:

Codec.exe is scheduled as a task named 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\CodecUpdaterTask{2779F032-FBA6-4DB1-A3CA-E5A95C0C0710}.job'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

Codec.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named OptimizerProUpdaterTask{B7D2880B-C903-4A67-A3BC-53B6E3AF681D}.

Software Details

URL:

https://allpremiumsoft.com/codec-c/index.html

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\ProgramData\Premium\Codec

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files3\INSTAL~1\Codec\Setup.exe /remove /q0

Size:

583.00 KB

Language:

English

Codec Executable Details

Primary executable:

Codec.exe

Name:

Codec

Path:

C:\ProgramData\Premium\Codec\Codec.exe

MD5:

ec74cf567f829a401c3b8644f361c26d

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

DLL

runtime.dll

Malware

cdfb7779dcf5b74f27417a45984b30ba

EXE