Researcher's Reddit Blog

This is from January 2021, researcher is no longer with us, but I thought I would share this because I miss him so much, I'm not his friend or whatever, I'm from the FBI trying to uncover this much evidence.

Here's the blog.

## January 17th, 2021

There is a scam/adware going on called Orange Codec. It claims to fix all YouTube videos by giving you a codec that supposedly "play" all youtube videos, But in reality, it steals your credit card information and it places unwanted ads. Here's the text from Wikipedia.

"The Orange Codec is truly a virus and a maliciousity, but for its codec work, and video compatability, It was good. Running a video that has a orange codec support launches a TTS which then installs a malicious software. It grabs information, and it is totally risky. Orange Codec "went on to make better compatiblity" but didnt remove maliciousity which was causing dramatic virus. Over 5 million people were infected by this malicious grabbing virus."

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS ADWARE/ VIRUS!

Well, they are spamming on Reddit now. I hope they get banned soon.

## January 19th, 2021

Well, now I have evidence that Orange Codec has been doing this BEFORE YouTube was even a thing. They've been doing this since 2003.

I don't think they're going anytime soon.

UPDATE: 19/1/2021

Weird, the recent 2 ads that I uploaded contained some weird codes. I wonder who was behind that. I bet the company themselves did it. I hope it does not happen again.

1st Video: I uploaded the Orange Codec 2008 Windows XP commercial and there was some hex code that flashed at the end of the video, I did not put that there. I did not see it while watching from the TV recording.

2nd Video: I uploaded the alternative version of the As Seen On TV commercial. The video glitched out at the end and it shows that the color of the video turns red and the video goes staticy. Then the color bars show at the end. I did not for the life of me see that on the original TV recording. plus, there was some Base64 code. What the heck is going on with these uploads?

## January 21st, 2021

UPDATE: 21/1/2021

Dang it! I've been hacked again, But we're back in business. The Orange Codec people have uploaded a commercial from 2010 without a consent, and they added their own message at the end. **WHAT THE HECK!!! I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR THAT VIDEO NEXT!!!!** But it's fine, they did it for me.

*The Binary, Base64, and Hex Codes Issue*

They still exist, and they are placed at the end of my videos now. **THAT IS A BUNCH OF CRAP!** I cannot believe such a thing can happen! At least the commercials are intact.

That is all for the update of this Orange Codec crazyness. I cannot wait to uncover all of the commercial/Xs.\*YOUBROKEYOURFATE, NOWYOUWILLSEEWHATHAPPENS.\***vgf()=**y&>

## January 22nd, 2021

UPDATE: 22/1/2021

Orangecodecfan2010 closed his account recently. I feel bad for him. He had some of the commercials uploaded to YouTube, but he just vanished! Wonder if Orange Codec did it. Sì, abbiamo fatto.

ANOTHER UPDATE: \*\*STOP HACKING ME, ORANGE C\ODEC!!!! IM SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR HACKS!!! YOU KEEP TAKING CONTROL/ OF MY MOUSE,A ND KEYBOARD!!!\*\*NOWEWILLNEVERSTOPHJACKINGYOUAnyways, here is the only video/ I have reuploaded fro/m him.

Lin}k:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w71PEwsAnoU

WATCHIT./Біздің жарнамалық роликтерді жүктеуді тоқтатыңыз.

2nd UPDATE: I think I'm gonna start putting numbers at the beginning of the video title of these commercials now, because I just uploaded the video which contained 3 commercials at once, and I do not want to lose count. The current list of the commercials are now 11 found. Number 12 is next. I can't wait to find out what it contains. All I know is that it is recorded from the FOX tv channel in Alabama at 2013. It was recorded during one of my "recording commercials hobby" nights. But I did not notice the Orange Codec commercial was broadcasted until I watched the DVD later that day. I was doing my breakfast during that time. That is all I have to say, tomorrow there will be another commercial uploaded. I think the hacker is gone from my computer. Bye for now!

## January 23rd, 2021

UP//DATE: 23/1/2021

I/ uploaded the 12th commer\*cial here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWXkXo0WARg

WATCHIT.\*FJDSTOPITHACKERJXKM

## January 24th, 2021

UP//DATE: 24/1/2021

This hacker actually went on to make a stupid "video" addressing this situation. I think I'm going to take a break from Orange Codec for a day.

So basically this hacking freak actually added a bunch of weird mp4 files to my desktop. Almost none of them opened except for ONESURPRISE.mp4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QroTysfmpO8

Here is the video.

I think I'm gonna have nightmares for the rest of my life.//SLEEPTIGHT.

## January 25th, 2021

UPDATE: 25/1/2021

I've opened a subreddit and a fandom wiki. Please check 'em out!

https://www.reddit.com/r/OrangeCodec/

https://orangecodec.fandom.com/wiki/Orange\_Codec\_Wiki

## January 28th, 2021

\\WEARENOTAVIRUS.

WEARELEGIT.

WEARENOTDANGEROUS.

WEARETHEPEOPLEBEHINDTHECOMMERCIALS.

STOPUPLOADINGOURCOMMERCIALSNOW.

YOUWILLNEVERCOMEBACKANYWAY.

IWILLBEALWAYSHEREFOREVER.

SMILINGBEHINDTHECAMERA.

IWILLBEALWAYSSMILING.//

## Conclusion

That's it for the blog. There is no more as of January 28th, 2021, because OPERATOR has fully taken over his Reddit blog.

OPERATOR didn't post anything after January 28th.