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13-Jun-2005, 11:03 AM #1
Is VLC Media Player "safe"?
I used to have VLC mediaplayer and thought it was one of the best video players i've used but after just resetting my pc and having just cleared up a nasty trojan (thanks to khazars from this site) I am wary of downloading anything which could contain malware with its package. So is anyone aware that VLC Mediaplayer contains malware or is it defintely safe?

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13-Jun-2005, 11:07 AM #2
I've never had any problems with it. They seem to be very resistant to commercialization.
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13-Jun-2005, 11:13 AM #3
The Mac and Linux/Unix versions are rated pretty good - I didn't find anything on the Win version.
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13-Jun-2005, 11:26 AM #4
Thanks for your quick replies, I'm going to download the vlc-0.8.2-test2 version for windows now.

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