SkinnyPlayer

SkinnyPlayer is a small media player that may be only compatible with Windows. According to SkinnyPlayer's official website, this is a high-performance, light-weight media player that can play the most frequently encountered media files. SkinnyPlayer's authors claim that this media player is the perfect choice for computers with older hardware whose users are in need of a media players that don't take much space and hardware resources, while still providing them with access to all important media player features. SkinnyPlayer is indeed a light-weight media player, but its website may not tell you everything there is to know about this application. The SkinnyPlayer software relies on suspicious distribution campaigns whose purpose is to install the program on thousands of computers with or without the knowledge of their owners.

This happens with the help of cleverly crafted software bundles that may utilize deceptive marketing tricks to install SkinnyPlayer and other 3rd-party software on the computers of thousands of people. The good news is that even if you have SkinnyPlayer installed, you are not in danger. This program is safe to use, but you should keep in mind that SkinnyPlayer may cause minor annoying issues such as setting itself as your default media player for all compatible file types. If you downloaded and installed SkinnyPlayer knowingly, then using it shouldn't be a problem. However, if this program appeared and you didn't install it on purpose, then you should consider removing SkinnyPlayer with a reliable anti-malware scanner.