Malware to Media Players
When someone or something becomes a big success, some people want to cash in.The BitTorrent scene is no exception we have reported on a raft of torrent clients hitting the internet, each installing malware on unsuspecting user’s PC’s.
This disease is now spreading to their latest tool; malware-infected media players.
We have reported on BitTorrent clients which install malware like Torrent101, BitRoll, TorrentQ and GetTorrent and do our very best to let people know the dangers of using such a product.
Unfortunately, as fast as we report such things, the malware peddlers create yet more bad clients with new names, with the same bad story.
However, these guys are very determined to get software such as CIDHELP on your machine, ready to watch your activities and to this end have become quite creative.Recently BitTorrent users are reporting that they have downloaded various pieces of video (usually a TV show) only to be confronted with a message during the first few seconds of the video which advises them to download a new media player called 3wPlayer, in order to view the rest of the file.
The displayed url directs the unsuspecting to the Play3W site, where they are given the chance of installing a shiny new media player.
3wPlayer
You will see that there is a ‘more’ button and when you install this player ‘more’ is exactly what you get - more malware in the form of CIDHELP, yet again.
It can be difficult task to uninstall it too, especially when you consider the veiled legal threat on the CIDHELP site - the vendor warns you could be in breach of the EULA if you try to remove it with your anti-spyware software. (Take no notice of this)
To get rid of the software, they advise to first turn off your anti-spyware software and re-install it, this is something one of my mates did - and when you re-installed the software your mouse stopped working, the desktop froze - a system restore had to be performed in safe mode as access to PC was denied - uninstalling this software was a total nightmare.
Consider yourself’s to be warned about this sort of malicious abuse by software, damaged by people who just want to ruin peoples systems.
It may seem that every pusher in the world is getting involved in the BitTorrent malware scene but a simple WHOIS (check who owns a site and registration) on all the domains hosting the torrent clients listed above, (Torrent101 for example) including the 3wPlayer site, shows that they are more than likely the same group of people, exploiting the less experienced members of the BitTorrent community.
Any questions or queries ask us - because if you dont it could be the last time you use your PC.
Anyone concerned about a particular torrent should take the time to read the user comments on the site where the torrent was downloaded from. This is why our admin staff including myself ask all members to leave comments - we can only help if we know about these problems.
Anyone needing a media player that will deal with almost any video format should consider the excellent VLC Media Player,and KMPlayer also good available for free download.
Those who still haven’t settled on a quality BitTorrent client will find everything they need by getting uTorrent. No spyware, adware or malware present in either product.
Thanks to Lesles for his valuable help in the community with spyware, viruses and malware resolutions to problems. 
Check the forum for the software we reccommend, Lesles also posted an article of which Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus software removals are the best and which are the worst - you’ll be quite surprised where Microsoft’s Defender ended up ;)