Orange Codec (company)

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*"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."*

-Quoted by The New York Times, (2012).

"*You would probably hear this on the most filthy degenerate porn sites imaginable.*"

-Mutahar Anas, Review of the Orange Codec As Seen On TV 2020 infomercial, April 7th/8th, 2021

Orange Codec (*also known as **DOWNLOADER2000 EXPRESS** and **Orange Downloader***) was a really obscure (but well-known) computer program for Microsoft Windows that started all the way back in the year 2003 (January 2003) doing low budget television advertisements that scared children back in the day. It is notorious for one person, named "researcher", discovering DVDs and VHS tapes containing the advertisements during NBC, FOX and CBS television channels from 2003 to 2021. Orange Codec was also a scam and a trojan virus. Avoid downloading the software as it will give you adware, viruses and a trojan horse. Just look at Orange Codec/Payload to understand and see what I mean by that. The company behind the software is Hrasty Inc., so just blame them for creating one of the worst computer programs of all time and making a very bizarre advertising campaign that scared children because the commercials kept being hijacked by an evil entity known as the OPERATOR. ~~He is actually still around to this day, only to find out that he is now part of a legion which was first discovered by the YouTuber "TheTekkitRealm".~~ UPDATE: OPERATOR has disappeared, we do not know his whereabouts as of June 28th, 2022.

When you downloaded Orange Codec back in the day, it would be named "OrangeCodec\_Setup.EXE". (and various other different file names)

**AVG: Adware.Win32.OrangeCodec**

**Avast: Adware:OrangeCodec**

**Malwarebytes: Trojan.Win32.OrangeCodec**

There was also a MSI file available at the time on the official Orange Codec website, but they took it down for whatever reason on June 18th, 2008. Official Wayback Machine captures of the original Orange Codec website (orangecodecdownload.com) have been forcefully deleted by the Archive.org owners itself (the creators of the site) in fear of the OPERATOR. However, you can access the Orange Codec Wix Site wayback machine captures.

### The CD-ROM Version

This software was also in stores such as Walmart and Goodwill for quite some time. People don't remember this much. But it came with a black boxart with the wording "Orange Codec" in the usual orange color. The back of the box said this:

"*New software from Orange Codec has hit store shelves! Over 900,000 users and counting! Thank you for your support! This is the official software of Orange Codec, now in boxed form! When you open the box, you get a CD in a jewel case, and a instruction manual on how to use Orange Codec. Open the box carefully, do not break the box. We want you to salvage this box. If you have any issues regarding this program, please call us at 1-800-757-6895 or visit orangecodecdownload.com. We hope you really love this product as much as you do. Compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista. Software images are in the bottom of this text here."*

When you opened the box, you guessed it, you will get a CD in a jewel case, the art in the jewel case was the same as the box. When you opened the jewel case, you will see the wording "Orange Codec V2.5 CD Version" in white color and the background on the CD is a black background.

Included in the CD were:

"OrangeCodec\_Setup.EXE"

"README.TXT"

"Autorun.exe"

A folder called "Music", which included Orange Codec music that would play once you opened the program.

This was released in 2006.

### The DVD-ROM Version

It was basically the same as the CD-ROM version, Except it was version V3.4 which had the new interface at the time. This DVD-ROM version was released in 2011. It included more files than the CD-ROM version.

### Windows XP Orange Codec Edition Tour

Multiple people also claimed that "Windows XP Orange Codec Edition Tour" also existed. It would come with copies of "Windows XP Orange Codec Edition", a Windows XP mod. It is probably a ripoff of the "Windows XP Tour".

### Orange Codec Demo/Beta Discs

These mostly contained beta/demo versions of Orange Codec software, was confirmed to be real by one of the people that worked at Hrasty Inc. and has worked on the Orange Codec software.

## researcher's Story

*This was posted on a forum post recently. Researcher is now finally free from his nightmares of Orange Codec, and he shared his story to everyone. This is his story.*

Hello, It is me, "researcher" I won't reveal my real name, But this is the more detailed story of Orange Codec. Aliens have been planning this company since the 1980's. They wanted this really obscure company that no one should know about. But I, somehow, knew about this. It's like they were targeting me. And other people somehow knew about this. Other people, didn't they say it would be a company that no one should know about? Well they somehow hit the wrong button. And released it to everyone. They did an accidental hijack. And aired the commercial on national television. This is gonna change the impact on how we view television forever. It happened on 2003. 2003 was the year we were all doomed. 2002 was just passed. One fateful day on January 2003, the aliens accidentally aired the coming soon commercial. And released it to all of the American residents. They were all wondering what the fuck this company was gonna be all about. They didn't care if Orange Codec was run by some secret alien organization. People sticked around. The new website was launched. www.orangecodecdownload.com. It doesn't exist anymore. But it existed. No one in the world archived the website. Except some forum posts were made. They thought this company was gonna be a hit. But the next commercial changed the impact on this company. They were basically promoting a scam. A really clever scam. Almost everyone fell for it. I was one of the people who fell for it. I didn't even know what I was doing, installed it, and some virus popped up. The virus was really destructive. The wallpaper would change to a alien. A literal alien. No one knows why. Also, important files were deleted. The virus also stole personal information. This would all happen when downloading the videos on the Orange Codec program. And when you restart it, there will be a message that hal.dll would be missing. F-Secure picked up on this story, but strangely, it was deleted. No one knows why. All Orange Codec related things would be deleted for no reason. The program itself would still survive. The website was still up. In 2007, I saw a few commercials that did not make it to YouTube, such as an collaboration to Intel. I SAW it on TV. It was real. Somehow I never recorded it. I think it was one of the scarier ones. Actually yeah, I was too scared to record it. There was a face that I will not forget. It had the most bloodiest face I have ever seen in my entire life. There was also screaming in the background. The background was red for the most part. The face was getting closer and closer. How could Intel accept this shit? It is too scary. I think the face also had yellow eyes. If I looked into the yellow eyes, I would probably be possessed. That commercial almost made me throw up. I could not believe what they were airing. I've had nightmares for weeks about that face. I will never forget it. The nightmares were worse, It was that face chasing me in my room. Do not trust Orange Codec. I don't even know what to say. I am so confused, How am I still alive? How did I survive this torture? They've been tracking me ever since I started investigating this company. I don't think I am gonna forget Orange Codec for the rest of my life. Every time I saw that name on TV, I always hoped that it was not a scary commercial. But it always was.

## Nathan

I was a victim of this god awful program, This goddamn company forced me to install their own god awful product which was nothing more than a crappy YouTube downloader with a virus attached to it. It even existed before YouTube. I refused to install it, until one day, I saw 2 orange eyes in my house. Literally, 2 freaking orange eyes in my house. And it talked. I will never forget what it said. It said: "Download Orange Codec now or else I will unleash my god powers upon you, and everyone else in the world, I was trapped here 100 years ago, save me, or else god will curse you". Needless to say, I was creeped out. I was dumbfounded. How did this creature get in my house? And more importantly, how did it know my location? These 2 goddamn glowing orange eyes stared at me while I was downloading Orange Codec. And guess what? **I GOT A GOD DAMN VIRUS!!!** It was simply adware, they advertised what seemed like another program by the same company. It was called "Suckathon 3000 Xtreme". It was basically some generic vaccum cleaner product. I didn't want to buy their stupid vaccum cleaner, so I closed the page. What happened next horrified me. The wallpaper was changed to a freaking alien. A alien with those goddamn orange eyes. They were staring **right directly into my eyes.** My icons disappeared on my desktop, and my start button text was changed to "ALIEN". I clicked the "ALIEN" button despite knowing that it said "START" before, and I found out something even worse. The icons on the start menu changed to that god awful alien with the orange eyes, every program was changed to "ALIEN" I couldn't open any programs, so I tried to shut down my Windows XP computer (I have Windows 8.1 now.) And then, the worst possible thing happened. My computer couldn't boot up. It was missing the file called hal.dll. I reinstalled XP (at the time), and I had no problems since then, But I still saw those god awful commercials on TV, That Intel one scared me the most, It was terrifying, I don't wanna explain it to you but I need to. It basically went like this. The commercial started out just like any ordinary Orange Codec commercial. That god awful music they play in every goddamn commercial. The announcer said this: "Orange Codec is partnering with Intel! You can get their drivers on their website right here! *(Intel website link)* And you can download Orange Codec below! *(Orange Codec's website link)* Over 500,000 people and counting!" The ding sound effect played like usual, but there was no Orange Codec logo, It was just the background, but then, the background turned red. Literally, it was turning red. There was unsettling music playing, I started to feel uncomfortable, *What was going on with this commercial?* And then, I saw something zooming in, I couldn't make out what it was, **until it got closer**. I took a good look at the face, and I will never forget what it looked like. The face was red, it had orange eyes. it was dripping out orange blood, and it was bleeding from its eyes, and then **a mutilated body of a little girl showed up for one second.** I almost wanted to puke, *Why were they showing this on television?* More importantly, was this even allowed? Did the broadcasting studio that aired the commercial breaks even check what they were supposed to air? Did they even look at the commercial? I was so confused. The face kept going closer and closer, I felt uncomfortable, I was shaking violently, The unsettling music kept getting louder and louder, which didn't help at all. It kept getting louder and louder, my house started to shake. I couldn't hold it anymore, I covered my ears, hoping it would end, and then...... *It just stopped. Abruptly.* The commercial ended. It then switched to a Burger King commercial. I was finally done with this crap. I turned off the television, wondering what I had just witnessed. It still mind boggles me from that fateful day. I couldn't believe what I saw. I was hoping that I was dreaming, but no, this was real. Every time I would see the wording "*Orange Codec*" on television, I was always praying that it would not be that bad commercial that spooked me in 2007. *But it was always scarier than the last one.* It just kept getting WORSE, I would have bad headaches from their own commercials, When I started to refuse, they possessed me into saying these words: "Download Orange Codec now..we're a good program...we're not bad...download us....now....please....now....I'm gonna download it now....I'm going to...download it....now" I couldn't control myself during this possession, I would be walking, but I was not controlling myself, another being was controlling me, forcing into downloading this cursed program. My mind was freaking out: "No...no...don't...don't...I will...I will...download...now....NO!" My brain was divided into 2 things, negative and positive, then it downloaded that cursed program. That experience I had in 2003 when my old Windows XP install was infected. It was back to haunt my dreams once more...then...I saw myself....with orange eyes. I was cursed. God has cursed me. They cursed my own body. This demon wouldn't leave my body for 2 years....I was grinning...laughing...I was a maniac....A maniac that loved Orange Codec...I was that demon...I love Orange Codec...download me...NOW...muahahahahahahø·ø ̈ùšù„ø© ... ø£øoù†ùšø© ù„ù„ø£ø·ù ø§ù„ ... ù„ùšø ̈ùšø§ que significa

## Rebecca

I never downloaded Orange Codec, but I saw their ads on television. It was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. They showed a dead body on television. I was disgusted. Who would make such a thing?

## Robert

I am so fucked...I will never download Orange Codec after what it(*sic)* done on my computer. It actually messed it up. I'm not fucking joking. I'm a 22 year old man with disability, Why would you make this god awful program? Tell me, NOW! It destroyed my fucking computer! I had to reinstall everything! I lost EVERY FUCKING FILE that was on my old installation! I am so MAD!

## Tony

I mean, I feel bad for Nathan, I hope he's okay, I hope he comes back on this Yahoo Group, but JESUS CHRIST, this company has been haunting my dreams for YEARS. I try to forget about it, but I fail. This company is never gonna leave my brain ever again.

### Savannah

Why does this company exist? I mean, come on, I fell for this stupid software 2 weeks ago. I had to reinstall Windows XP and reinstall all the programs I lost just because I downloaded some stupid YouTube downloader. I mean, come on. Also, why was this released before YouTube? It should've been called a video downloader back in 2003, I would've used it if it didn't have the stupid virus. Here's what it did, it changed my desktop wallpaper (which was my 2 cats, I know.) to an alien. Why would they include an alien for their software? It also had orange eyes, which was not good at all. It also started to do some nasty stuff, which was make my desktop icons disappear. That was real nasty stuff right there, I'll tell you that. So I click the start button (which was changed to alien in caps lock) and I find these weird files called

"THEREISNOESCAPENOW.EXE"

"YOUARENOTSAFE.EXE"

"THISCOMPUTERISTOAST.EXE"

"IWILLFINDYOU.EXE"

Now, the last one creeped me out the most, How will this one simple software find me? Does it have spyware bundled when you install the program? I don't know, but I continued anyway. The start button was corrupted with bunch of symbols such as "!" and "?" all over the place, not to mention, it corrupted my system fonts as my time and date showed squares all over the place, there was no numbers anywhere. It also deleted a lot of system files such as hal.dll and many others. I tried to System Restore the computer, but to no avail. I had no choice but to shutdown. The shutdown sound was replaced with the most annoying beeping sound I have ever heard in my entire life. It was so loud I almost passed out. Do you know that text when it says "Windows is now shutting down" or something like that? Well that was replaced with

"THANK YOU FOR USING ORANGE CODEC SOFTWARE V1.6 WE ARE THE MOST REALIBLE(They don't know how to spell!) SOFTWARE IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES"

Why does it have to say that? What's with the bad grammar? Are they living outside of the United States? I don't even know, anyways, the computer shut off and I tried to turn it on only to be greeted with the message

"Hal.dll is missing or corrupt"

That was when I had to reinstall Windows. Do you know how I got this disgusting and unreliable piece of software? I got it from Walmart. They were selling this for 50 dollars I must say. The boxart had the background in black with the text "Orange Codec" in orange if I remember.

The files that were included in the disc were

"OrangeCodec\_Setup.EXE"

"README.TXT"

"Autorun.exe"

Folder called "Music&Sound" which included some random Orange Codec music and sound effects once you were in the program. One of them was literally a man screaming in agony. Why would you include that as a sound effect? I will never forget that one.

The instruction manual was weird too. Once you opened the pamphlet, weird text in Arabic would be presented to you. There was no English, Only Arabic, Chinese and some weird symbols as you go further.

I must say, this is one of the most weirdest things I have ever experienced. I know there's a lot of weird commercials airing on television nowadays, but this one was the icing on the cake. This was the worst one. I will never forget about this company. It changed my life in so many ways.

## memes

I was addicted with the internet in the early 2000s. Being young, one day probably in September 2003, I discovered Orange Codec on Softonic. Instead of YouTube, it said ITube. I did NOT know what an ITube was, so i just put a random link, probably google.com. Immediately I got greeted with this alien thing that started zooming in more and more. The noise was louder and louder, and after about an hour of beeping in my apartment, my computer crashed. It fully recovered in 2008.

## History

Orange Codec was created by Katie Rogner. The first mention of this program was on January 15th, 2003, when Orange Codec made the Coming Soon commercial. The commercial was about the program coming soon, obviously. A few days later, the program was made available for download. It was hosted on the now-defunct website, https://orangecodecdownload.com. The first version of Orange Codec, known as version 1.0, was released on the same day that Orange Codec was made available for download. The earliest version of Orange Codec that has been found is version 1.2. It is not available for download because the file has been deleted on transfer.sh. v1.2 was released on March 2003. The second earliest one that has been found was version 1.4 from May 2003. It is not available for download because of the same reason.

In 2004, Orange Codec partnered with Microsoft to make the infamous Orange Codec Windows 98 commercial. The statement from Microsoft employees is actually the reason why they partnered with such a company (talking about Hrasty Inc.), to which Microsoft replied on October 2nd with a follow-up interview. They stated that the commercial was created so that they "become a very big publisher," as well as releasing screenshots of the commercial. In one of the other commercials, Orange Codec is seen partnering with Intel alongside AMD, who states that the commercials were created because "they loved the program."

Fast forward to the year 2005, this is when they first started making screensavers. They released Hrasty Inc. Screensaver, which included pictures of the Hrasty Inc. logo. Orange Codec 2005 version was released on January 9th, 2005. It has not been found yet. They also made 2 advertisements which featured the text "Orange Codec" slowly zooming in to the center of the screen. Those ads were really weird. No one knows why they made these advertisements. There is no other information about what Hrasty Inc. did back in 2005, so let's move on to 2006.

2006 was the year Orange Codec was in store shelves for the first time. They promoted it so much on TV and their YouTube channel that it caused people to get annoyed. This is also what caused the hate to increase, and a Orange Codec Hate Campaign was made. This is when Orange Codec The Movie was released, so that they could try to get rid of Orange Codec/Hrasty Inc. for good when they tried to inject viruses onto people's computers. Unfortunately this did not cause Hrasty Inc. to stop making programs, so they continued to make them. Orange Codec 2006 version was also released on February 2nd, 2006. This is the first version that was bundled on a CD-ROM.

In 2007, Orange Codec partnered with Intel, in which they have created a commercial that everybody in the whole damn universe wants to forget, but failed to do so because they have scared so many innocent kids back in the day that they probably traumatized them for the rest of their life. 2007 was also the year they started developing Orange Codec The Video Game for the PS2, but was ultimately cancelled before release because the game had a dangerous PS2 exploit/virus known as PS2Destroya, it was discovered back in 2018 and beta testers of the game did not know that. It forced you to play the dangerous video game. It also disabled the ability to turn off the PlayStation 2 console and it also disabled the ability to eject a PS2 disc, making you inescapable from the Orange Codec video game. It will also eat your important PS2 data and replace it with junk files, therefore rendering the PS2 unusable. The virus also killed you in real life. Orange Codec 2007 Version was released on February 1st, 2007 and Hrasty Inc. starts ripping off Microsoft software, the first one called Orange Codec Paint was released on March 7th, 2007.

Fast forward to 2008, the Orange Codec Windows XP commercial started airing on January 5th, 2008. On that same day, Orange Codec 2008 version was released to the public. It is also the first version which offered the MSI version of the Orange Codec installer, however that won't be available until April 17th, 2008. But on June 18th, 2008, they took it down for unknown reasons.

in 2009, Orange Codec partnered with AMD, I don't know if they did a commercial, but I'm certain they did. This is also the same year that the Orange Codec 2009 Commercial VHS Tape is released. The commercial WAS aired in its original form on television, but it seems like the original version might be lost media. It advertised the Orange Codec T-Shirt being made available for purchase online. Yes, they did have a online store back then on their old official website. The modified version of the same commercial shows the Orange Codec logo, but something is off, the Orange Codec text is there, but there is no music or the announcer. The text "MARCH 21ST, 2021" pops up, and then it cuts to static for about half of the tape and the end shows what looks like to be 2 lines. The sound was also modified to add weird sound effects and visuals were modified to add the weird visuals. It is theorized that an individual broke into the Orange Codec offices and stole one of the tapes that was finalized in production of the TV commercial that was airing on TV. UPDATE: The individual was probably the OPERATOR. On November 22nd, 2009, Orange Codec Notepad is released to the public. It is also ripping off another Microsoft software. Orange Codec 2009 version is released on February 16th, 2009.

In 2010, they once again partnered with Microsoft to make the 3rd infamous commercial, the Orange Codec Windows Vista Commercial. 2010 is also the year that Hrasty Inc. started developing antiviruses. The first version, called Orange Codec Anti Virus v1.0 is released on January 2nd, 2010. Orange Codec 2010 Version is released on January 29th, 2010. This is the first version that featured Orange Codec Web Browser, their "advanced" web browser that is not advanced at all. It came bundled with the Orange Codec 2010 Version program, and it starts to be bundled in all of the later versions of Orange Codec.

In 2011, Orange Codec was introduced in Europe and Asia, so they made 2 advertisements about it, each with a different background, that same year, Orange Codec Media Player v1.0 is released to the public on April 13th, 2011. It rips off yet another Microsoft software, this time ripping off Windows Media Player. And they also released the second version of the "advanced" web browser, known as Orange Codec Web Browser v2.0 that same year. It was released on June 2nd, 2011. Orange Codec DVD-ROM version was also released on March 14th, 2011. Orange Codec 2011 Version was also released on February 10th, 2011.

In 2012, The New York Times posted an article titled "*The Fate Of Orange Codec: The Scam Company That Never Left Us"*, as always, it was deleted for unknown reasons. There is no Wayback Machine captures of the New York Times article, so it might be lost media forever. Orange Codec 2012 Version was released on January 12th, 2012. The third version of their "advanced" web browser, Orange Codec Web Browser v3.0 was released on May 3rd, 2012.

In January 2013, Orange Codec celebrated its 10th anniversary by making an advertisement. This shows that they really care about this garbage program. No wonder why people losed interest. Orange Codec 2013 Version was released on January 15th, 2013. The same day they made the 10th anniversary commercial. Also Orange Codec Anti Virus v2.0 was released on March 5th, 2013. It has not been rediscovered yet, and it probably never will.

In 2014, they once again partnered with Microsoft to make the 4th infamous commercial, the Orange Codec Windows 7 commercial. Orange Codec 2014 Version was released on February 14th, 2014, and Orange Codec Anti Virus v3.0 was released on June 18th, 2014.

In 2015, Orange Codec 2015 Version was released on January 27th, 2015 and Orange Codec Anti Virus v4.0 was released on March 4th, 2015.

Information about what Hrasty Inc. did in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 are pretty obscure. Nobody knows what they did on those years. It is theorized that maybe they stopped making programs altogether. But that would change in the year 2020, the biggest year Orange Codec/Hrasty Inc. ever had.

And that is the beginning of the As Seen On TV collaborations.

And the beginning of criticism and eventually lawsuits, wait what?

### As Seen On TV

In 2020, they partnered with As Seen On TV to make the Orange Codec infomercial. It was notorious and infamous for having bad animation skills, and the Hrasty Inc. company received criticism saying that this infomercial was a scam. This infomercial is still on YouTube. Orange Codec 2020 Version was released on May 2nd, 2020.

In 2021, they received a lawsuit from a private company saying that they should stop making bad commercials and requested the company to "shut down and make their own business". Orange Codec still won the lawsuit, but it would not last very long, because they would eventually receive another lawsuit, and it was not good news this time.

The Hrasty Inc. company received another lawsuit from another private company saying basically the same thing, they said they should stop making bad commercials, and they requested the Hrasty Inc. company to shut down and make their own business. However, they added a line saying "Stop making bad animation. Bad animation is not good animation, I don't even wanna see your commercials. They are too cringe. My 2 year old almost cried during one of their ads, Please surrender. Admit it. You were scamming us for years."

That is how they lost the lawsuit. Just because of that new line of text.

Orange Codec lost the lawsuit, the money was burned, the company demolished its building on March 2nd, 2021 and then later they would eventually make a comeback and start making more garbage programs. Orange Codec 2021 Version was NOT released because of the lawsuit. They would eventually make the 2021 infomercial and launch a new website, but the damage was already done. Hrasty Inc. and Orange Codec went from a rising empire to a dead company and dead program. NOBODY is using their products anymore. They have started to rediscover old programs that they did back in the old building, and they have a new building now. Hrasty Inc. went from millions of downloads from back in the day to just 15 downloads from the present day.

~~Orange Codec 2022 Version will eventually be released some day, but Hrasty Inc. is too busy rediscovering old garbage software that probably no one cares anymore.~~ UPDATE: It might never get released due to the sudden death of Katie Rogner after the break-in to Katie Rogner's house happened.

Mary Malcolms Rogner became acting CEO of Orange Codec after Katie Rogner died. However, she was not aware of it until she was informed on April 1. Orange Codec eventually was abandoned by Mary herself on April 8. BUt the Memories still continue... IMAYHAVEATRIAL

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Sorry for the inconvenience guys, the OPERATOR did its final mass destruction today. The lights just went off, IDK just it all went weird and my keyboard+cursor was also now weird. Then it just turned back into normal. -memes

### The Death of Orange Codec and fake Keygens/Cracks of Orange Codec software

Orange Codec is no longer being developed, that means it is the end of the Katie Rogner/Hrasty Inc. saga, all of the other original developers of Orange Codec have vanished without any trace. Also, it has come to my attention that there has been multiple people making Keygens/Cracks out of Orange Codec software, I am here to say that these are unofficial, Katie Rogner in the past years has said multiple times that Orange Codec is a freeware program, not a paid program. There is no official product keys or cracked versions for any Orange Codec related software. Orange Codec Media Player however, IS a paid program, It is a 30-day trial, but the original developers have not provided a product key for that software. There is no cracked version of Orange Codec Media Player, so that is unofficial as well.

Here are some multiple examples:

https://virtualanalytics.ai/orange-codec-media-player-crack-download-win-mac/

https://melaninterest.com/pin/orange-codec-media-player-crack-with-keygen-free-for-windows/

https://www.pedomanindonesia.com/advert/orange-codec-notepad-crack-free-download-winmac-updated-2022/

https://biotechyou.com/orange-codec-paint-crack/

https://astrferre.wixsite.com/kalfrigmentda/post/orange-codec-paint-crack-mac-win

If you come across some of these sites claiming that they have a free crack/keygen of Orange Codec software, do not trust or install them out of curiosity, be sure to have a Virtual Machine ready just in case, because these might contain actual viruses. These are not made by the developers of Hrasty Inc., and therefore, are not planning to acknowledge these unofficial virus sites.

### Current investigation and discovery of the tapes and DVDs

In 2021, "researcher" discovered 20 VHS tapes/DVDs containing recordings from NBC, FOX and CBS. They all included Orange Codec commercials during commercial breaks. The owner would also love to record his favorite TV and game shows, such as "NCIS" and "The Price is Right".

"researcher" was actually possessed by the investigation, the demon has never left him alone until Orange Codec lost the lawsuit and the company demolished it's building, and now he is living his happy life with his family. But sadly he will be declared missing shortly because they didn't see him inside of the home for 4 days. It was eventually revealed that he was sucked into the TV by the OPERATOR himself just because one of their 2020 As Seen On TV infomercials was actually cursed and eventually, people who saw that cursed infomercial would go on to even become one of the workers for the Hrasty Inc. company, which is very scary to think about. What would you do if that ever happens to you, the one who is reading this article?

The Orange Codec advertisement search has already ended. No new updates have been made.

~~https://www.reddit.com/r/OrangeCodec/~~ (the subreddit has been restricted, so that means the subreddit is now dead)

Orange Codec on Windows XP.The website. It was recently shutdown. But the screenshot was taken 2013.

### Videos

(Watch at your own risk!)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaKJjGu7eTrbbctTeyQraoIOpJ-s-Q66K

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### Findings

Today, some creep left me a box on my front door. I'm not sure who it's from, but I believe it's from the creators of Orange Codec. I'll let you guys updated in case something happens to me.

**EDIT:** I just opened the box, and I was greeted by the original box for the Orange Codec CD-ROM software that was created in 2006, I couldn't believe it! This was what we were looking for! It was real and everything! I'll let you know what is inside of this goddamn CD-ROM.

**EDIT 2:** I just inserted the disc on my computer, and I was greeted by 5 files.

"OrangeCodec\_Setup.EXE"

"README.TXT"

"Autorun.exe"

Folder called "Music&Sound"

And "Workprints"

The first file was the actual program itself, I would not recommend installing it as it is really dangerous and infected with adware and a trojan horse, so we move on to README.TXT

The image is attached to the bottom: README.TXT

It is basically just some generic readme that all of the programs at the time had for every program, but now we found out Katie's last name!

*Katie Rogner*

I will try to contact her, she seems to have a Facebook page.

Autorun.exe seems to be a file for navigation of the files that we are taking a look at.

Music&Sound as the name implies is the Music and Sound Effects that are including with the program itself.

"MUSIC01.WAV"

"MUSIC02.WAV"

"SOUND01.WAV"

"SOUND02.WAV"

"SOUND03.WAV"

"SOUND04.WAV"

The sound effects kept going until the 100th sound effects, this was unusual for a program like this.

I clicked on the 73rd one, and what it was was just someone banging on a desk for 10 minutes.

I'm not sure who was the one banging, but I could've sworn I heard someone say "Help me" while the banging was going on.

I hope I'm not thinking what I'm thinking.

Workprints are work papers that were filled out before Orange Codec even came out! I think this would be interesting for you to share for you guys. There are 3 of them.

"WORKPRINT01.PDF"

"WORKPRINT02.PDF"

"WORKPRINT03.PDF"

I am going to try and contact Katie Rogner now.

**EDIT 3:** Some lunatic (u/IWYWYS) who works in Orange Codec sent some very harassing message on the subreddit. Here's the message.

*"You just exposed our whole entire operation. Please cease your social media accounts or else we will perish your whole entire subreddit.*

*I am the directing manager from the Orange Codec development team, and we are kindly asking you to stop this investigation.*

*These workprints are our property, I don't know how you got ahold of them. We did send a box to a address from San Francisco and he might've leaked our work.*

*I think you should stop this. Will you stop investigating our company? Are you kidding me? This is ridiculous! Come on! How could you do such a thing? You must delete this post right now or else we will plant a bomb in your house. Our company is a very serious business. Upload the apology video on YouTube, we wanna hear you say sorry."*

If you take the 4th row of the text and type every capitalized word from the row. It says:

IWATCHYOU

Very creepy...

**EDIT 4** *(13/3/2021)*: I just contacted Katie Rogner on her Facebook page, I told her about all of the findings, and asked her if there was a DVD-ROM version that existed, this is what she had to say:

*How did you even get that information? This is a private company and you go around sharing our personal information? Who does that? I hope I find the person who did all of this! I hope it's you... I don't trust you...one bit...also yes, there is a DVD-ROM version of our software, however, it might be still in our archives. We might send you the DVD-ROM version soon, I don't know when, but it will happen. I am the creator of this software, and we can just send you a .mp3 file of our sound effects without the weird stuff. I apologize for any incovenience...We are going through a hard time. We just got sued not too long ago. We had to start all over again. The new company is going good so far! Hope you have a nice day!*

I cannot wait for Katie Rogner to send me the DVD-ROM version that was made in 2011! I am so excited!

**EDIT 5**: If you want every Reddit account (and one single FANDOM wiki account) that has been made by the OPERATOR for whatever reason, here you go.

User:OPe304ReRATOR2

https://www.reddit.com/user/Visible-Orchid7759/

https://www.reddit.com/user/op3ratooe0r/

https://www.reddit.com/user/Adept\_Oil1794/

https://www.reddit.com/user/TheOPERATORIsHere01/

https://www.reddit.com/user/000OPERATOR000/

https://www.reddit.com/user/True-Win6617/

https://www.reddit.com/user/oPe49RAortoe2/

https://www.reddit.com/user/OPERATORIsWatching/

https://www.reddit.com/user/IWYWYS/

https://www.reddit.com/user/SignificanceAny5042/

This list will be updated at any time possible.

IT 6: I just recieved a package in the mail, I hope it is the DVD-ROM version of the Orange Codec software.

***EDIT 7 (14/3/2021)***: It is! I just opened the package and I was greeted by the Orange Codec DVD-ROM software that was made in 2011. It was authentic and everything. The box was the same as the CD-ROM version but instead of saying CD-ROM version it instead said DVD-ROM version. I inserted the disc on the computer and I was greeted by the window if I should open: "setup.exe". Now, I was not on my actual computer, I was using another one that I don't really use anymore, so I decided to install the program for the heck of it. It was still using Windows 7, and I had the Windows 10 install disc ready just in case.

I was greeted by the UAC prompt, I clicked yes.

5 seconds later, a InstallShield wizard popped up. It said "Welcome to the Orange Codec installation program! This will install the Orange Codec program if you click next, We would be greatly appreciated."

The image that was used of the banner when you install programs was not the defualt one. They made a custom one for the installer. It was the Orange Codec logo.

I clicked next and then I was greeted by the End User License Agreement. It was quite long so I didn't read it. I just clicked "Accept the agreement" like most people would do.

I clicked next, It said "Are you sure you want to install on this directory? C:\Program Files (x86)\Hrasty Inc\Orange Codec" I clicked yes, and it started to install.

The installer then finished at about a minute.

I clicked finish. The program started with a splash screen, the splash screen contained the Orange Codec logo.

Then the interface popped up, It was exactly the same interface that was featured on the Windows XP commercial, though it was slightly different. There now seemed to be an "About" button on the top left of the interface. I clicked it, it said this:

"*Orange Codec (C) 2003-2011 Hrasty Inc. V3.7B*"

Now, I got a slightly newer version instead of V3.4! I closed the About window, there also seems to be a "Download" button that they added to the program, and so I started to download a random YouTube video called "*Animator vs. Animation*" when I got the link, I pasted it on the program and clicked "Download". It showed a progress bar, and when it got to 100%, It said this: "Download complete!". But, in reality, it didn't download the video, it actually downloaded a really nasty virus that would take over the computer instantly! I noticed that the wallpaper was changed to an alien, which is what I was expecting. what I didn't expect was a jumpscare. The alien started to zoom in to the screen, and he let out a creepy screech that I will not forget for the rest of my life. The virus also deleted all of the files in the Windows and System32 folder, which I thought was entirely impossible. When I clicked the start menu, I noticed that my user icon was changed to an alien, and my user name on Windows 7 was changed to "NOESCAPE".

There seemed to be a lot of corrupted programs, all of them didn't have an icon, and they all had random symbols, letters, unicodes and numbers.

I clicked on one of these blank programs, but when I clicked it, the sound started to play a 5 second buzzing noise. After the buzzing was over, it randomly started to flash random colors in front my screen for 10 seconds, I thought I would get a seizure.

I opened "My Computer", but all I got was this cryptic message: "$$$$#$#$NOESCAPEFROMME#$%$!!"

I thought that was strange, then I clicked the "Shutdown" button.

Then it started to play a beeping noise for the entirety of the shutdown. What's strange is that the screen was now completely red.

Then a white text started flashing. It said "THANK YOU FOR USING ORANGE CODEC, THE MOST RELIABLE PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT YOU CAN GET IN STORES NOWADAYS! YOU ARE NOW A LOYAL ORANGE CODEC CUSTOMER!"

The message was entirely different than the one Savannah got.

Once it actually shut down, and the beeping stopped, I turned it back on.

I was greeted by this message: "Hal.dll is missing or corrupt".

Now I know why kids got scared.

Now I know why people are afraid to install the program.

Now I know why this program is evil.

Now I know why this is a scam.

Now I know why this was aired on television.

This is probably one of the worst programs I have ever experienced in my entire life. I'm never touching this program again, Holy balls! I never thought that this program can jumpscare you! That is plain evil!

I will be still investigating, however.

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