Hi John,
In my case (just a home user) it was on my system from installing "Winamp".
Neil ¦¬D
-----Original Message-----
From: John Aldrich
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OpenCandy -- spyware/adware or misunderstood?
I was scanning my system at home with Microsoft's Standalone System Scanner
and it found OpenCandy on my system, which I'd never heard of before. Come
to find out it's a piece of software that comes bundled with a lot of
freeware apps that offers to install some 3rd party app for you while you're
installing the app you originally downloaded.
To me, that sounds like adware. What do y'all think? I understand a need by
programmers to get paid for their software but to my way of thinking, this
subterfuge stinks!
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Thanks,
John Aldrich
Blueridge Industries
IT Manager
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