avi file asks for Dom X media player

[gremlin1812]

I have a avi file and when I try to play it a screen comes up wanting me to purchase this dom x media player. This appears to be a similar scam to that vodei thing. Has anyone managed to come up with a work around for this if so please let me know mean time I'll keep trying.

[redwudz]

It seems to be well known scam. I would delete the file and move on. Do a Google search for ' Dom player ' and you can read a few comments, such as:

Warning - DOM Media player
Recently we see some video files on the network that show a message that the DOM media player is required to play this files. THIS IS A SCAM! Do neither download, install nor purchase this DOM media player. This so called media player is malware and will harm your computer. Besides that the video files that claim this player is needed still won't work after installing this DOM Media player.

A similar program is 3wPlayer, which is likely DOM with a different name, but with the same malware added.

[gremlin1812]

Thanks redwudz yes found all that just thought there might have been a work around as with vodei which is fairly easy to override.

[redwudz]

The problem is, even if you could play the file, it's most likely the wrong one. Part of the scam is to use the same movie with many different titles to attract more 'suckers'.

[sepehr_x50]

Can you put the link for download?

And another one:

how can we convert these files?!!

[redwudz]

As mentioned, it's a scam and malware. If you want to destroy your system, just find it yourself. But you have been warned.

[sepehr_x50]

thank you for your advice

[Conjureone]

Files that request to be decoded using DOM-X are general malware..

Those that wish to decode and see for themselves head over to

http://wildman-productions.org/ They are aware of the scams that are ongoing and have made the decoder available on their website...

[8.10.2007] 3wplayer Decoder.
We have been made aware of a new scam of p2p network uploaders to encode video files into a format requiring the use of a malware-infested player called 3wplayer, Now
you can convert these video files to a format any video player can read. Requires .NET Framework 2.0+ to run.

http://wildman-productions.org/files/3wdecsetup.rar

alternately you can also get it form

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1521343 as a torrent file.

Extremely straight forward directions just run the program find the directory where the movie is and select it the select the directory where u want it to decode it to and give it a name then presto watch it

[twinsbc]

Most of all files published on torrentportal and torrentbay are fake Dom_x movies. They are published long before the official release. So avoid these hosters

[mlukos]

thank you for your advice

[sabukz]

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http://newapps.wordpress.com/

[mpaz67]

I have a similar question about Galaplayer. I had a file that was asking to download from load.galaplayer.com. I didn't do it because i was skepticle. Anyone heard of this media player. I could not find any inputs from anyone good or bad on internet.

[redwudz]

If a video needs a 'special' player to view, I would also be skeptical. I would put it in the same league as the DOM player and stay far, far away from it.

[Midzuki]

http://linux-tutoriales.blogspot.com/2008/05/decodificando-pelculas-que-piden.html

1) the page is in Spanish;

2) it describes a Perl workaround for playing those "doubtful" files under Linux;

3) PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK :P

[redwudz]

If you copy that address as a shortcut: http://linux-tutoriales.blogspot.com/2008/05/decodificando-pelculas-que-piden.html then put it into Google and do a search, it will give you the option to translate it to english when it finds the page, if your Spanish is a bit rusty.

[mpaz67]

I will stay far away from this i think. I read the spanish post and it mentions a virus as well. Plus the workaround that i do not trust. thanks for the advice.

[Malicious]

As long as you have either K-Lite Media codecs or CCC installed on your computer there really isn't a video file you cannot view. If the file asks for either additional codecs or an additional player it is trying to get you to install malware and should be removed.

[khalidalbek]

thankssssssssssssssss

[gal]

I have encountered the same deception.
I downloaded a film and when tried to run it using realplayer I got a message says that I should download the proper codec from load.galaplayer.com.

Look, its very simple to know that this is a deception, what you get is not a message from your video player but it is actually a dummy video that only has one static picture, which is the picture of the "you should download ...". how would you know this is a deception:
1. the message always appears where the video should be, it is never a pop-up or anything.
2. the time indicator (the small bar that moves to show at which part of the movie you are watching) is MOVING, this is because you are actually watching a video clip.
3. the time is running.
4. if you open it in two different players (windows media player and realplayer for example) you will get EXACTLY the same error message. be suspicious - error messages should look different on different applications.

now that you spotted the deception, what can you do about it:
a. you can report to the place you downloaded it from that this is a fake.
b. the video file is useless - erase it.
c. go to this company's website (the guys the advertise themselves using this deception) and use the "contact us" form to tell them what a bunch of losers they are !
d. I recommend working with VLC player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) it doesn't require installing 3rd party codecs and despite the simple appearance it is very powerful.

here is a link to the galaplayer support site
http://load.galaplayer.com/index.php?go=support
tell them what you think about their little deception.

[rf]

http://linux-tutoriales.blogspot.com/2008/05/decodificando-pelculas-que-piden.html

1) the page is in Spanish;

2) it describes a Perl workaround for playing those "doubtful" files under Linux;

3) PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK :P

I downloaded it. The perl script works great. The dom-x are apparently videos that have a smaller ad-video attached to the front of the file. The perl script skips the first video and copies the rest to the new file. When I ran it on a dom-x video I found the new file played a different dom-x ad. So I ran the perl script on that newer file to make a third, smaller file. That one worked fine. Though it was a crummy video, and not the one suggested by it's name.

The perl script is very slow because it prints a message after each byte it copies. I commented out that line and it worked a whole lot faster.

Change this:

printf "\r %d written (% .1f %%)", $bytes, ($bytes / $insize * 100);

to this:

# printf "\r %d written (% .1f %%)", $bytes, ($bytes / $insize * 100);


Works great. Though the video isn't likely to be what you expect. Too bad these jerks are polluting the net with their crap.

[redwudz]

Part of the scam is to put any crappy video they can find into the format and call it something that they hope will make people download it. The same crappy video is posted multiple times with different recent movie titles. The file sizes are usually the same. Better to not download them and delete any you have, along with reporting it to the posting site.

[earldukeof]

I am new to torrent video downloads. I ran into a similar problem. I dont know if it is malware or expensive software.
It is called xplayer. The movie I downloaded says go get the player "XPLAYER" then the site charges $15 a month to use it. Can anyone give me some feedback on this thing?

[Ai Haibara]

Sounds like a scam, an attempt to get you to install malware on your system or pay money... or an 'adult' service.

[jman98]

earldukeof - If you get asked to buy a player to watch something, you are advised not to do so. Yes, surely this is a scam. See here (read the 2nd post)
http://blog.bitcomet.com/post/42231/

If you are stupid enough to pay, you may find that you have a monthly recurring charge you cannot stop until you cancel the credit card. This is not rocket science. How hard is it to type:
xplayer scam
in Google and see what matches?

[earldukeof]

thanks for the feedback guys --- now i understand 9 out of 10 movie torrent posts are bogus

hmmm..... who would benefit by postig bogus movies all over the torrent sites? ... hmmm