codec/Xp-Windows 7 computer migration

After migrating an XP to a Windows 7 computer, my mjpeg feed from a Panasonic IP camera no longer works on Explorer. So far as I can figure out, it is becasue of the lack of a Sharp G.726 Codec. (note: I have no experience with codec or associated problems.)

When I try to find the codec to install, the available downloads appear to have all sorts of "malware(???)" 3rd-party software attached to them. Is this common/dangerous, etc.? Is there a way around it? Is it necessary in order to get the codec? If so, is one better/less intrusive than another?

Thanks.

 

Thanks for the response.

Are you suggesting I scan the *.exe download before running/installing it?

KoT

 

I have downloaded the file from the suggested site and had it scanned by http://virusscan.jotti.org/en . Dr. Web found: Trojan.MulDrop3.50864 . Agnitum timed out, and all the other scanners found nothing.

I assume this means I should not use this codec??????

 

If it were unsafe, do you suspect that a malware or AV application would detect the problem upon running it?

My other machines, which still use Explorer 10, can access the IP camera just fine. I am considering uninstalling IE 11 and installing IE 10. Any thoughts on either comments above?

Thanks again.

KoT

 

Rollback to IE 10 did not casue the IP camera to successfully display the MGPEG feed, so I guess I am back to where I started with the codec that is flagged by one scanner--Dr. Web-- as having "Trojan.MulDrop3.50864" within it.

If I were to install the codec and I then felt that it had caused this trojan to also be installed, would a rollback to a recovery set point be likley to undo it?

Does anyone have any strong feeling one way or the other about installing this codec?

Thanks.

KoT

 

This file was first seen at VirusTotal almost 5 years ago. Dr.Web detection is a heuristic detection and a false positive at that. For a file of that age, if it really was malware then most of the AVs would detect it.

VT report, detection 1/51 https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...8c3c2924ae6b842bf2ddd61081c4b3bf408/analysis/

 

Thanks all.

I installed the codec without incident and IE 10 now properly displays my IP feed.

KoT