What is codecs?

codecs is software application developed by Vonteera LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.07% of installations running this operating system.

codecs is most popular in the United States with 26.47% of installations residing in this country.

About codecs?

This software is a web browser extension and Browser Helper Object designed to deliver contextual-based advertising to the web browser. It may modify the user's browser home and search pages, as well as 'New Tab' pages, to display advertising and search results. The software is categorized as adware and is often classified as unwanted by various malware detection vendors.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in codecs.

codecs.dll (MD5: f40b89ef98ff3c0bc70ef187051d739e) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
AVG	2014.0.3605	Generic5
Bitdefender	1.0.20.1515	Adware.Generic.598302
CAT-QuickHeal	10.13.12.00	Adware.Vonteera (Not a Virus)
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	8.13.10.30.07	Adware.Generic.598302
F-Secure	11.2013-30-10_4	Adware.Generic.598302
G Data	13.10.22	Adware.Generic.598302
McAfee	5600.7243	RDN/Generic PUP.z!dg
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7243	RDN/Generic PUP.z!dg
Microsoft Security Essentials	1.163.1557.3	Adware:Win32/Vonteera
MicroWorld-eScan	14.0.0.909	Adware.Generic.598302
Sophos	4.94	Vonteera
Trend Micro	10.465.30	TROJ_GEN.R03WC0DJH13
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.303	TROJ_GEN.R03WC0DJH13
VIPRE Antivirus	22820	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

Software Details

URL:

https://www.codecs.com

Support:

–

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\codecsaddon

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\codecsAddon\uninstall.exe

Size:

0.00 B

Language:

English

codecs Executable Details

Primary executable:

codecs.dll

Name:

codecs

Path:

C:\Program Files\codecsaddon\codecs.dll

MD5:

f40b89ef98ff3c0bc70ef187051d739e

SHA-1:

–

SHA-256:

–

File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

uninstall.exe

40d957a515057ed50fec6836fd2536d3

DLL