VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and
framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD,
VCD, and various streaming protocols.
When installing
VLC media player it is important to make sure you only download from the main website. Unfortunately
VLC media player has become a popular piece of software to bundle with a range of malware and potential malware as I discovered to my cost recently. I managed to corrupt the copy of
VLC that I was using and when I tried to reinstall from the original download file I managed to install Spot.do a browser hijacker hiding as a helpful toolbar. There were also other nasties that loaded at the same time. I don't remember where that original download came from but it reinforced the cautionary warning to be careful where you download freeware from even something as popular as
VLC media player.Incidentally I managed to clear up the problem using
Malwarebytes.
Hence the reason for this post to guide you to the original source download. which can be found here:-
http://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.0.7/win32/vlc-2.0.7-win32.zip
