"L@L" <Lurker@Large.org> wrote in news:5v6rbatklfmu5qnc1s63eqaltu5ht3hsb5
@4ax.com:
> So far I have downloaded 5 copies of this film all posted about 900
> days ago.
>
> Everyone of them was a file with a requirement for an "odd" codec,
> which was included as a separate file - and an exe one at that. In all
> cases an up to date AVG virus check tagged these exe files as they
> were decoded as either Malware or Adware. Needless to say they got
> dumped.
>
> Irritated about the wasted bandwidth, but I understand why people do
> this, but I don't condone it. My loss.
>
> The poster names for those I looked at are:
>
> XvidMovies
> MV
> Xvid
> XxX
> Movie
>
> So i'll avoid these posters from now on, but it's easy to alter a
> poster name!!!
>
> Hopefully Ferl or Par Your Rars or another can help me with a clean
> copy.
>
> Cheers
>
> L@L
>
There are hundreds of posts for various media all comprising 6 par files
and 1 rar file. These are in the same category as the ones that ask you
to click a "so-called" codec file if they don't play.
Cheers
Niamh
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