So I installed erightsoft Super and guess what...

[Thefumigator]

It almost killed my computer!
Never EVER install this piece of garbage.
There was a time where Super was a very nice encoder able to convert to and from any kind of video format.
Now I found it on the same web site yesterday and there are two editions, freeware and paid.
So I choose the freeware version, and just before the download I was warned that it contains some software from "sponsors" for supporting the development.
I said OK, I can live with that. I have installed software with the "ask toolbar" before. And such of things.

But.... the nightmare begun....
Windows Defender went wacko during install of Super. My computer became almost unusable. Firefox files got corrupted. CPU usage skyrocketed to 100%
WTF! I even found the thing installed a monero cryptominer!

it took me all night to clean the computer, I used:
-adwCleaner
-Malwarebytes Anti malware
-Windows Defender (when it became responsive, it cleaned quite an amount of dirt)

I'm really thinking about a fresh windows install...

I'm really from the past? like a dinosaur? Man....

 

[natr0n]

Use vlc or MPC-HC to play videos.

You really don't have to bother with that encoder crap.

 

[jboydgolfer]

VideoLAN works for encoding iirc.

 

[BiggieShady]

-adwCleaner
-Malwarebytes Anti malware
-Windows Defender (when it became responsive, it cleaned quite an amount of dirt)

Run SysInternals Autoruns after all that with file signature checking for known malware at VirusTotal (has to be enabled in scan options)

 

[StefanM]

I'm really thinking about a fresh windows install...

Try to "restore from a system restore point"

 

[EntropyZ]

I remember something like this happened when I installed Rainmeter once, I got it from their own website no less and the installer carried a payload that installed nicehash miner and the newest nvidia driver (How nice of you?) all on its own after a restart. That was almost 2 years ago, I think the download hasn't been hijacked since.

Once I saw the GPU usage skyrocket, I just nuked whatever was installed the next day. Start mining on my watch? STAHP! YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAWWWW!

A lot of installers nowadays carry bundled software, sometimes a cryptominer from less reputable sites.

Anyway VLC or K-Lite Codec Pack do well enough unless you need to play really high quality content and get full surround sound.

 

[dorsetknob]

I remember something like this happened when I installed Rainmeter once, I got it from their own website no less and the installer carried a payload that installed nicehash miner

Its Very Bad when Genuine Downloads carry such payloads and in my mind put it in the same class/risk as wares now

 

[Thefumigator]

Use vlc or MPC-HC to play videos.

You really don't have to bother with that encoder crap.

I actually convert VHS tapes to DVD but this time a customer needed the file in other formats

Try to "restore from a system restore point"

I took a look and it seems I disabled system restore some time ago...