SVAPlayer is a system tray icon and Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object that shows advertising messages.

SVAPlayer and its manufacturers QuickFlicks Inc. seem to have been defunct since some time in 2001. The software still connects to its controlling servers at streamingcash.com, though attempts to open windows from its content servers at quickflicks.com and rn11.com fail.

Also known as

Peabody , its internal name.

Distribution

Bundled with early versions of Weatherbug.

Advertising

Yes. It connects to its servers every so often, seemingly to receive instructions about advertising to open, though since the servers are not currently responding this has not been observed in action.

Privacy violation

None known.

Security issues

Yes. SVAPlayer can download and execute arbitrary code from its controlling server, as a silent update feature.

Stability problems

None known.

Removal

There is no known uninstaller for SVAPlayer.

Manual removal

Open a DOS command prompt window (from Start->Programs->Accessories) and enter the following commands:

Now open the registry (Start->Run->regedit), find the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and delete the 'SVAPlayer' entry.

After restarting the computer you should be able to delete the 'SVA Player' folder inside 'Program Files', and the registry key SVAplayer in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, to clean up.