Important !! DivX 5.1.1 and Gator/GAIN

[GreyArea]

Thought I should warn you guys...

They changed the gator file in the DivX 5.1.1 bundle (to fsg_4104.exe)!!

and the registry key seems to be :-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{21FFB6C0-0DA1-11D5-A9D5-00500413153C}

Other than that Ad-aware/ZoneAlarm seems to get everything. ;-)

HTH
GreyArea.

[alucard83]

The strangest thing is that, I used Spybot Search and Destroy and I removed ALL GAIN files, and I can still encode and decode...

[GreyArea]

As long as the registry key above is left on your computer you can delete all the GAIN files and you should still be able to use the codec. I haven't tried to use it after removing this key. I don't know what Spybot Search and Destroy removes, but Ad-Aware flags this key for removal by default.

GreyArea.
Ps. I recommend that you buy this codec if you use it often as all updates in the 5.x series are free to registered users and you don't have to worry about spyware.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by alucard83
The strangest thing is that, I used Spybot Search and Destroy and I removed ALL GAIN files, and I can still encode and decode... Have you rebooted your PC yet?

[GolovachLena]

I just deleted fsg_4104.exe, rebooted the machine and encoded small piece of video in 1 pass mode, just for testing. All went pefectly OK.
The strange things however is that the Divx installer have placed this
fsg_4104.exe within the TEMP directory! Because i used to clean all TEMPs periodically, the file would have been deleted anyway sometime.
Is it normal for this kind of adware? I suppose, placing critical files in such unreliable place as temp dirs are, is merely unusual :)

[eLeKtriK EyE]

Originally posted by GolovachLena The strange things however is that the Divx installer have placed this
fsg_4104.exe within the TEMP directory! Because i used to clean all TEMPs periodically, the file would have been deleted anyway sometime.
Is it normal for this kind of adware? I suppose, placing critical files in such unreliable place as temp dirs are, is merely unusual :) [/B]
This file (fsg_4104.exe) is nothing but a simple program which attempts to download the main spyware program from the internet in the background. Then I assume it deletes itself, so that's why it is placed at the TEMP folder by default.

[GolovachLena]

What if it's been terminated and possible couldn't finish its task? I didn't notice any ad-ware activity on my machine since i deleted that file.

[madoka]

Originally posted by GolovachLena
What if it's been terminated and possible couldn't finish its task? I didn't notice any ad-ware activity on my machine since i deleted that file.
My experience has been that as long as you kill the gator installer using Task Manager before restarting, then none of its components will get installed. The registry key needed by DivX is added by the main installer already.

However, I still clean my registry and run Ad-Aware / Spybot after installing just to be sure.

[Mr Sweden]

This solution works fine. Can somebody make this thread sticky, please.

Ciao