BS Player - adware?

[Dimitri]

BS Player used to be a player I used all the time, but than at some point they started including something in the installation, I think it was some kind of adware, but I can't remember.

I'm wondering does anyone know whether this is still the case?

I've done some googling and found this, for ex:

https://malwaretips.com/threads/bs-player-creates-registry-entry-conduit-pup-adware.47185/

So is BS Player generally considered safe and adware free?

 

[johnb35]

All you can do is install it and watch for any inclusive software installations. Then scan your system afterwards. But a lot of software like that will include adware/malware.

 

[Dimitri]

When you say "software like that" you mean free software?

 

[beers]

When you say "software like that" you mean free software?

With a name like BS player did you expect anything other than BS?

But yes most media players and other tools frequently bundle with adware and other software shenanigans.

 

[Dimitri]

I see. Incidentally, I'll take recommendations for an alternative. I'm currently using GOM which I like except that it sometimes won't open things and sometimes it plays things choppy or off speed,

and I use VLC, which will play anything and I like everything about it, except that it doesn't do the 10 sec backwards jump as well as GOM does. It takes it AGES to jump back 3 seconds.