<s>
OpenCandy	B-Application
is	O
an	O
adware	O
module	O
and	O
a	O
potentially	B-Application
unwanted	I-Application
program	I-Application
classified	O
as	O
malware	O
by	O
many	O
anti-virus	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
flag	O
OpenCandy	B-Application
due	O
to	O
its	O
undesirable	O
side-effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Produced	O
by	O
SweetLabs	O
,	O
it	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
library	B-Library
incorporated	O
in	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
Installer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
installs	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
has	O
bundled	B-Application
the	O
OpenCandy	B-Application
library	B-Library
,	O
an	O
option	O
appears	O
to	O
install	O
software	O
it	O
recommends	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
scan	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
system	O
and	O
geolocation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenCandy	B-Application
's	O
various	O
undesirable	O
side-effects	O
include	O
changing	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
homepage	O
,	O
desktop	O
background	O
or	O
search	O
provider	O
,	O
and	O
inserting	O
unwanted	O
toolbars	O
,	O
plug-ins	O
and	O
extension	O
add-ons	O
in	O
the	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
DivX	B-Application
installation	O
,	O
by	O
CEO	O
Darrius	O
Thompson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
installing	O
DivX	B-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
was	O
prompted	O
to	O
optionally	O
install	O
the	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
DivX	B-Application
received	O
$15.7	O
million	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
nine	O
months	O
of	O
2008	O
from	O
Yahoo	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
developers	O
,	O
after	O
250	O
million	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chester	O
Ng	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
DivX	B-Application
business	O
development	O
director	O
,	O
is	O
chief	O
business	O
officer	O
and	O
Mark	O
Chweh	O
,	O
former	O
DivX	B-Application
engineering	O
director	O
,	O
is	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
workaround	O
to	O
bypass	O
OpenCandy	B-Application
by	O
running	O
some	O
installers	O
with	O
a	O
/NOCANDY	O
parameter	O
on	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
installer	O
to	O
support	O
or	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
