Privacy > Your Privacy and Ignite
Ignite is a simple helper application that publishers can use on their website to make the download and installation of Windows software fast and easy.
Sure, it’s easy for anyone to say that they respect your privacy, but actions speak louder than words. That’s why we’ve created this page: to share in great detail the information that Ignite sends back to us, and the reasons we collect this information. We want to give you the knowledge you need to have confidence in OpenCandy.
To read a short summary of this information, check out our Privacy Matters page instead.
Ignite does not collect personal information
Ignite doesn’t collect any personal information or any personally identifiable information. Ignite users are anonymous and we don’t use unique identifiers to track users between downloads. When your computer connects to our server it sends your current IP address, as with every other internet connection, but we don’t store it in our database.
Ignite is trustworthy software
Ignite is held to the standards of the very same OpenCandy compliance policy we use to ensure that third-party software on the OpenCandy network is trustworthy. The key points of our network compliance policy are published on our website.
Information that is sent to OpenCandy by Ignite
Ignite sends us just enough information to help us:
- Process the users requested download;
- Understand how it is being launched so we can continue to improve the experience;
- Make sure that downloads and installations are being completed successfully;
- Understand any errors so that we can fix them.
Inspecting the information sent to OpenCandy by Ignite
Ignite sends and requests information using the standard HTTP protocol. It doesn’t try to hide what it’s doing, and you can easily monitor all of the data that it sends using commonly available web debugging tools. We provide two such tools on our Kick Apps page, Charles and Wireshark. Charles is the friendlier of the two when working with Ignite.
Charles looks like this:
Note: Charles monitors web requests by acting as a proxy server. When you run Charles, traffic from your web browser may be redirected through it. Charles is safe to use, but if you leave capture enabled for long periods of time your system may become slow because the captured data fills up your available memory. If you close Charles abnormally your original connection settings may not be automatically restored, causing your applications to lose connectivity. Restarting Charles normally fixes this problem.
Information sent to OpenCandy by Ignite in detail
We used Charles to capture HTTP requests starting a download powered by Ignite during typical operation. In this section we show you all of the information that was sent to OpenCandy along with each request. This section is rather long, so you need to click below to expand it. Remember that you can find Charles on our Kick Apps page if you’d like to try this yourself.
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What gets installed when Ignite runs
When you first choose to start a download powered by Ignite, the Ignite software will be registered on your system so that in future you can start downloads powered by Ignite with just one click.
Installed files
Ignite installs these files:
OpenCandyIgnite.exe npIgnite.1.1.0.74.dll
Note: The file name for the npIgnite DLL may vary depending on the version installed.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7 the files are installed in:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\OpenCandy\Ignite
On Windows XP the files are installed in:
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\OpenCandy\Ignite
Browser registrations
Ignite registers itself as a plugin with Internet Explorer and appears in the Add-ons directory as:
Name Ignite Publisher OpenCandy Inc. Status Enabled File date June 14, 2011 Version 1.1.0.74
Note: The Version number and File date npIgnite DLL may vary depending on the version installed.
Ignite registers a plugin for use with all other internet browsers via the registry using the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MozillaPlugins\opencandy.com/OpenCandyIgnite
Registry keys
Ignite creates several registry entries, including:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-opencandyignite HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\OpenCandyInc.OpenCandyIgnite HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\OpenCandyInc.OpenCandyIgnite.1 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MozillaPlugins\opencandy.com/OpenCandyIgnite HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenCandy\Ignite HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenCandyIgnite
Start Menu
Ignite adds the following shortcuts to the Start Menu programs list:
- Ignite\End User License Agreement
- Ignite\Open Download Directory
- Ignite\Uninstall Ignite
