You do seem like a nice guy, and the concept isn't all that bad. the next step is to make it very clear that data is being sent to your servers, and exactly what kind of data and why.Īnyway, I'm in the suspicious camp with Kartal and app103 on this one. And it's good to know that you're no longer leaving OCSetupHlp.dll behind and doing uninstall tracking. Guess I could live with the scheme, though it's definitely a lot less bullshit than what other applications are up to. And 300kb (or however big the DLL is now) might not be a lot on my 20mbit ADSL connection, but there's plenty of people who aren't even of 256kbit.
#Mediacoder identi install
I don't really like the concept - for me, no value is added, and having to skip yet another blablabla page during install is annoying. That sounds a bit silly - if a piece of malware is able to scan for OC dlls, it's already on your system - what would it gain, then, by exploiting those DLLs? and the keys are being created by OCSetupHlp.dll "Location"="C:\\Archivos de programa\\MediaCoder Audio Edition\\mediacoder.exe"
#Mediacoder identi update
It could take up to 4-6 weeks for everyone who participates as a publisher to update their installers with the new plug-in though (based on their release cycles, etc). So no more OpenCandy files will be left behind anymore! Which also means (by the very nature of not leaving OCSetupHlp.dll behind) that we have eliminated uninstall tracking for our publishers.
#Mediacoder identi software
We've updated our plug-in (which all publishers are in the process of updating to/re-integrating), to version 1.3, so that OpenCandy provided files are only TEMPORARILY copied to the computer IF a recommendation is accepted and then they are deleted after the recommended software is downloaded and installed.
Quickly though, even if you don't accept a recommendation, bookkeeping information about the publisher's software you did install (in your case Scancode, MediaCoder) are created within the publisher's registry key inside an OpenCandy key (so in this case it should be HKLM\Software\MediaCoder\OpenCandy\) as well as a non-reversible identifier created via a random number generated which helps us prevent fraud/gaming and also lowers the likelihood that a declined recommendation will be shown again in the future. The FAQs include information about the registry entries. The FAQs I promised are finally done and are going to be posted tomorrow (what coincidence!). I figured I could throw a couple of things out here now. I'm in the middle of moving (and re-setting up my lab) right now but I'll be back tomorrow to post more information. I like the end-user experience, but I'm not sure why the reg keys are saved, (and why aren't they clearly identified as belonging to OpenCandy) I tried Miro too, but they now bundle the Ask toolbar (opt-out) I could do some more poking at it with Olly, but i'd rather hear the official version. It's really opt-in as far as the additional installations are concerned, but I'm not sure about the purpose of those reg entries.
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