Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender detects and McAfee it, I submitted a false positive report to Microsoft and re-submitted the file to McAfee (They detect the Ask Tool Bar not Open Candy), but Microsoft still think it is Malware, they gave me this link:
i dont use frostwire, but if the installer offers different apps or a toolbar “powered by open candy”, then it IS adware by definition. i don’t think its harmful or anything . it’s a good way for freeware developers to earn some cash, but i admit i was shocked to read some of the info that opencandy collects.
taken from the microsoft link:
Adware:Win32/OpenCandy transmits various information to a remote server, including the following:
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a code identifying the downloaded program - this code allows for tracking the specific downloaded program's installation and allows the OpenCandy component to download the list of offers the program's developer chose to recommend
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[u]a unique machine code which may be stored locally on the computer and used by future installers utilizing the OpenCandy component[/u]
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operating system version
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the current language the operating system is using
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the language of the installer
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[u] the country location and time zone of the affected computer[/u]
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installation status of offered programs
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if a recommendation is made, how long the offer is viewed and if it is accepted
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if a recommendation is accepted, whether the recommended program's installer successfully downloads and launches, and whether it completes successfully, fails or is cancelled
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