How to Remove Codec Error: Use Windows Media Player

Yesterday I have tried to play my downloaded 750MB torrent movie .avi file in VLC Media player, the screen was showing me message like “Codec Error: Use Windows Media Player“, then “Aborting Video, Redirecting to Microsoft Codec Download Page“. When I try to play the same video in Windows media player, screen displaying both the messages again.

 


So i thought that might be the problem because of unsupported codec, with the downloaded videos or with my media players? but I know that I am using the latest VLC Media player and K-lite Codec Pack.

Note: The message Codec Error: Use Windows Media Player and Aborting Video, Redirecting to Microsoft Codec Download Page can’t be resolved because you have downloaded a trojan video or movie. so I would suggest removing them and doing full system scan for virus and spyware to your computer.

If you want then you can try to rename the video file extensions from .avi to .exe, and your antivirus will automatically detect the virus in the video file, so click repair or clean button… then rename the file to avi again.

- Actually these videos are ‘hacked’ videos that contains scripts which can be executed using WMP only. The purpose of showing those messages to you is to force you to be redirected to another site and/or to download some stuff in the background. If you can’t play them in WMP then it’s a good sign that your Windows and WMP are correctly patched with the latest security updates.

When you try to open it in WMP they send you to wmvlicense.com/pluginerror/..don’t try to download it if u aren’t protected, it will try to download and open Trojan horse SHeur2.BDRX…After scaning wmvlicense.com/pluginerror/:” When I tested this site we found links to xxxlexelink.com, which I found to be a distributor of downloads some people consider adware, spyware or other potentially unwanted programs.”

You should delete these videos as soon as possible because they may compromise the security breaches of your computer if they are played in WMP.

If you want to save your self from getting into and download these kind of infected videos you should try Vuze downloads. It has a built-in player, so you can get idea about your going to be download movies and videos.

If you want then you can Download Media Player Codec Pack for playing back music and movie files and you will be able to play almost all audio and video files also this setup supports 32-bit and 64-bit both.

- Hope above information will help you in future and save your self from downloading unwanted craps from torrent sites and protect your against “Codec Error: Use Windows Media Player” messages.