AIMP = malware ?

[steelarmor]

Virustotal: 2 security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious
Filescan.io: Verdict:likely malicious

ESET comment:
Thank you for your submission.
AIMP makers embed encrypted Yandex downloader in their setups.
The classification is correct.

Can you please explain? Why does the best audio player contain crap?

[Алексей Долматов]

No. https://www.aimp.ru/forum/index.php?topic=67289.msg415106#msg415106

[Алексей Долматов]

The player does not contain malware. Installation of additional software only at the request of users. For many years, the antivirus, like other antiviruses, did not detect anything. Then "suddenly" he began to suspect something and a separate type of "malware" was created. Antivirus support refuses to communicate and bans through official communication channels. So there is a good chance that it is foreign policy against the country, which affects other aspects as well.

[Artem]

AIMP makers embed encrypted Yandex downloader in their setups.

So, its lead to malware? Why? Many other freeware applications has built-in offer from Firefox, Google and other companies, but ESET does not ban the apps... may be, because AIMP and Yandex are Russian software?