VLC Hell

Peppercrunch said:

Hey All :)

Every time I go to download VLC Media Player, the download process stops at 0 then a small window at the bottom left of the screen pops up telling me the download may harm your PC and gives me a choice to keep or discard. But no matter which one I choose, the page from VLC becomes unresponsive and my computer functions cease and I have to manually shut it down and turn it on again for my PC function properly again.

I am using the official site to download it. I scanned with ADW Cleaner, Bitdefender + (Paid Version) and MBAM Premium (Paid Version). None detect anything. I always thought the official site was the safest. Am I doing something wrong?


OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit, Build 19041, Installed 20200628102850.000000-180
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, CPU Count: 4
Total Physical RAM: 32 GB
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600, 1024 MB
Hard Drives: C: 476 GB (379 GB Free);
Motherboard: Dell Inc. 00V62H, ver A00, s/n /HQWZM22/CN7220047I01JO/
System: Dell Inc., ver DELL - 1072009, s/n HQWZM22
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Disabled

Their download server may be down/

Try an alternate like ninite.com

Peppercrunch said:

Hey All :)

Every time I go to download VLC Media Player, the download process stops at 0 then a small window at the bottom left of the screen pops up telling me the download may harm your PC and gives me a choice to keep or discard. But no matter which one I choose, the page from VLC becomes unresponsive and my computer functions cease and I have to manually shut it down and turn it on again for my PC function properly again.

I am using the official site to download it. I scanned with ADW Cleaner, Bitdefender + (Paid Version) and MBAM Premium (Paid Version). None detect anything. I always thought the official site was the safest. Am I doing something wrong?


OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit, Build 19041, Installed 20200628102850.000000-180
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, CPU Count: 4
Total Physical RAM: 32 GB
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600, 1024 MB
Hard Drives: C: 476 GB (379 GB Free);
Motherboard: Dell Inc. 00V62H, ver A00, s/n /HQWZM22/CN7220047I01JO/
System: Dell Inc., ver DELL - 1072009, s/n HQWZM22
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Disabled

I just DL'd it from here, with the HUGE orange button... no problems.

Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN


Also, it scans clean locally (with BDIS 2020 paid) and at Virustotal.



/e Are you sure that BD, ADWC, and MBAM aren't conflicting with each other? The only other difference I see is that I use the latest Firefox.

Peppercrunch said:

Thanks :)

But why would my computer act up like I mentioned?

All I know is old school things like... only run one scanner with a real time component, at one time. Like I know, it's now possible to run BD and MBAM, but only if MBAM has any real time scanner inactive.


/e Maybe Canada has shut the border to downloads from the US... also.
(j/k)


/e2 The only other thing I can think of, is that of BD's 16 modules, I only run three. The AV, firewall, and threat defense. Everything else is shut off.

Peppercrunch said:

lol

Looks like I'm going to have to pay Trudeau a little visit.

- - - Updated - - -

Thanks for the help guys. I'm not just saying that either.

See my edit 2 above. And don't forget to compliment Trudeau on his stylish... socks.
If that doesn't make any sense, just Google: Trudeau + socks.


/e Might also be some setting in Chrome. I don't use Chrome so I can't help with that. I do know, that occasionally, Firefox blocks some sites, and FF has a setting to disable that in Options.


In FF, it's under Options > Privacy and Security...

Here is your best solution.

Sweetsweetcorn said:

Here is your best solution.

There's no timeline thumbnails with that unless i'm mistaken.

You do get them with this:

Installing and Configuring MadVR and LavFilters on media players