ex_brit Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Most installers these days install some tracking or ad-ware but they usually give you the option, yours does not, it should. I thought I'd removed all of it and MBAM found 5 more instances buried in my system - all installed with your software. Thanks ---- Peter Edited March 23, 2015 by ex_brit
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 Opencandy doesn't install, it's a single DLL file that's loaded and runs within the context of the setup program and that should be it. It inserts a page or two as part of the installation wizard offering 3rd party software and they're what you can opt out of installing.
ex_brit Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 Thanks. It's the "page or two" that MBAM finds a problem with as it can continue offering more and more software.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 No it doesn't / can't. I have MBAM too and it just flags it (the setup program) up saying 'Non-Malware Detected' with the description 'PUP.Optional.OpenCandy' and the 'Action' defaults to 'Ignore Once'. If you open the setup program in 7zip, you'll see that the only OpenCandy stuff it contains is the 'OCSetupHlp.dll' file. That's all MBAM is detecting because that's all there is. The setup program extracts the dll to a temp folder, loads it and that inserts the pages into the wizard. Once the setup finishes, the dll is unloaded and either deletes itself or is just left dormant in your temp folder.
ex_brit Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 That's good to know. I did read that other thread on the subject, interesting. Thanks ;-)
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