Is install-cash.biz Safe?

This is one of the criminal affiliate schemes responsable for infecting thousands PCs worldwide (excepting Russia and Ucraine) with a so called "codec.exe" or "Activex Setup" file that brings a revenue for each successfull infected PC to the affiliate that managed that. In other words, affiliates are paid to infect PCs. The affiliate sponsor behind this malware/scareware scheme is the Russian originated website ***** (former ***** - that was shut down). Other sites used to acquire and host affiliates` statistics are: ***** ***** The affiliates usualy tend to spam with links everywhere in order to aquire traffic to their trap sites where the victim will download (fooled by social engineering tactics) the malicious file hosted on a site controled by the brain of this illegal operation, or, the affiliate can receive the ".exe" and distribute it on his own ways. Such sites/URLs include: hxxp://update-activex.com/bz/Activex%20Setup%203.0.14.exe hxxp://youtube-adult.name/id_0084.exe The affiliates are paid different (in $) for each country where lays the infected PC: United States|US|0.55 Canada|CA|0.54 Great Britain|GB|0.53 United Kingdom|UK|0.53 Australia|AU|0.53 France|FR|0.43 Italy|IT|0.42 Germany|DE|0.42 New Zealand|NZ|0.32 Finland|FI|0.31 Norway|NO|0.20 Sweden|SE|0.20 Belgium|BE|0.19 Switzerland|CH|0.18 Spain|ES|0.17 Denmark|DK|0.40 Puerto Rico|PR|0.26 Ireland|IE|0.24 Netherlands|NL|0.14 Austria|AT|0.14 Japan|JP|0.02 Excerpt from an invitation for potential affiliates: "We redeem US, GB, CA, AU, NO, DK, NZ, SE, IT, PR, DE, ES, FR, IE, CH, BE, NL, AT, FI, ZA, IS, SG, CY, MU, GR, IL, JP, HK, TH, BN, KR, AR, IN, A E. All on $0,05. Why we? Yes because at us average ratio 1 to 2 or 1 to 3. It is converted even badly converted trafic. From the dirtiest trafic, with 1k leaves about $1,5. From the pure reaches $50 without increase reyts. With raised reyts - to $300. We accept trafic any subjects. We give.exe on hands. Twist the codec in any accessible ways. But, we do not accept trafic from broken servers, botnets, sployts, etc. Advert with such trafics will get at once in BAN without payments, and it IP is learnt by others partner. For large adverts reyts can be raised. If trafic pure and it is good convert, are knocked in ICQ, reyts we will raise. codeccash.ws" Source: ***** See more about a trap site and the malicious ".exe" file: ***** More about the undergrounds of this cybercrime: ***** ***** One newbie affiliate in action: ***** :)