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Should I remove Video Player Packages?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
84% remove it16% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #22,168
United States Rank #21,232
Reach 0.0089%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 18.88 days
556.99 days >
Average installed length: 292.66 days

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Video Player Packages

What is Video Player Packages?

The software uses the InstallCore Click run software which is an installer that bundles legitimate applications that may also offer additional third party applications that may be unwanted by the user. Such third party applications are typically installed onto users’ computers by default, but also include an option to ‘opt-out’ during or after the installation process. Typical bundled installs include DealPly as well as other potentially unwanted programs.

About  (from installCore)

Morfik’s new Video Player Package provides the required functionality to play videos in a number of formats, such as MPG, WMV, AVI, MOV on web applications built with Morfik. Use open access links to the actual video files and play them on your site with no need to provide additional coding. Simply place a Video Pla...  Read more

Overview

The primary executable is named uninstaller.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package is about 1.06 MB (1,114,624 bytes) when donwloaded.
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Video Player Packages.
uninstaller.exe (171a88a7d490d1cd9f5a1401f8bc3415) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Avira AntiVir 7.11.105.176 ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
Baidu-International 4.0.3.14126 Trojan.Win32.Agent.peo
Comodo Security 17038 UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web 9.0.0.026 Trojan.Packed.194
ESET-NOD32 8.8869 a variant of Win32/InstallCore.AZ
F-Prot v6.4.7.1.166 W32/InstallCore.W2.gen
Rising Antivirus 23.00.65.14124 Trojan.Win32.Generic.14BE36BF
VIPRE Antivirus 22042 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Video Player Packages has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local\video player packages
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\VIDEOP~1\UninstallPackages\Uninstall.exe /Uninstall /NM="Video Player Packages"
Estimated size: 1.06 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Video Player Packages

Program executable:uninstaller.exe (Malware detected)
Path:C:\documents and settings\antonio\datos de programa\video player packages\uninstaller.exe
MD5:171a88a7d490d1cd9f5a1401f8bc3415

How do I remove Video Player Packages?

You can uninstall Video Player Packages from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Video Player Packages, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Video Player Packages.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 65%
Win XP 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 84%
Keep it 16%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#22,168

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.57%
Windows XP 14.29%
Windows 10 8.57%
Windows Vista 8.57%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 41.71%
Microsoft Windows XP 14.29%
Windows 7 Ultimate 13.14%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 7.43%
Windows 7 Professional 7.43%
Windows 7 Home Basic 5.71%

Distribution by countryGeography

43.19% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 43.19%
  Germany 9.39%
  Italy 8.92%
  Brazil 7.98%
  France 7.51%
  United Kingdom 6.10%
  Netherlands 3.76%
  Spain 3.29%
  Iran 1.88%
  Turkey 1.88%
  United Arab Emirates 1.41%
  Poland 1.41%
  Japan 0.94%
  DK 0.94%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 23.42%
Acer 20.72%
Hewlett-Packard 14.41%
Samsung 11.71%
GIGABYTE 7.21%
Intel 5.41%
ASUS 5.41%
Lenovo 4.50%
Medion 2.70%
Toshiba 2.70%
Sony 1.80%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 530 2.00%
Samsung RV410/RV510/S3510... 2.00%
LENOVO 0679 2.00%
Samsung R510/P510 2.00%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.00%
TOSHIBA Satellite C660 2.00%

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