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BeansPlayer

Posted: March 22, 2017

Threat Metric

Ranking: 17,354
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 953
First Seen: March 27, 2017
Last Seen: August 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

BeansPlayer is an audio player that appears to be the product of an amateur programmer who has decided to code this application as an educational project. However, an educational project is usually not supposed to bring adware to the user's computer but, unfortunately, it appears that this is what BeansPlayer is meant to do exactly. Users who opt to install this application may end up seeing random advertisements in their Web browser windows, and these ads may keep appearing even when their Web browser is closed. This is because BeansPlayer drops a file called 'Publisher.exe,' which is programmed to launch the system's default Web browser automatically, and then load a random advertisement.

The quality of the ads that BeansPlayer may bring is very low, and users might see offers to visit websites whose credibility is questionable, to say the least. Furthermore, some of these ads may recommend Potentially Unwanted Programs, or promote services and software that should not be trusted blindly. Apart from the integrated adware module, BeansPlayer does not appear to carry out any unsafe operations so that the presence of this application on a computer should not be considered to be a severe issue.

Regardless of this, users should be aware that there are audio players that are a thousand times better and more functional than BeansPlayer, and the best of all is that they will not bring unwanted advertisements to their Web browser. That's why it is recommended to remove the BeansPlayer software and, instead, download and install a reputable application to play your audio files.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\bnsplayer\bnsplayer.exe File name: bnsplayer.exe
Size: 1.01 MB (1014460 bytes)
MD5: f7b9bcf0d33999c9f4f7cc9bde67f939
Detection count: 288
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\bnsplayer\bnsplayer.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 20, 2022

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathBeansPlayer.lnkHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{0DB86D3A-F3B4-4541-AD28-D31249B2AF8E}_is1

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\BeansPlayer%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\BeansPlayer
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