Is there any reason why I should not get rid of the viewpoint manager I noticed today in my prog. files?
I can only think it was left over from something I no longer have. I do not have the viewpoint media player.
Also when I just googled it it is associated with AOL and Sony. It says it downloads a unique number to the computer to help it manager the updates which it automatically serches for every 24 hours!!
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Started by hazelnut, Nov 11 2005 07:56 PM
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Posted 11 November 2005 - 07:56 PM
CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE
http://www.piriform.com/docs
http://www.piriform.com/docs
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Posted 11 November 2005 - 08:02 PM
Installed by AOL (usually) and is know spyware.
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Posted 11 November 2005 - 08:38 PM
Have deleted now, could it have had anything to do with the macromedia flash 8 update I did recently, as I see in google the two seem to be connected.?
CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE
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Posted 11 November 2005 - 09:26 PM
You can inadvertently pick up Viewpoint Media Player and/or Manager at the sites of several major automakers and electronics manufacturers. It does not seem to trigger a warning the way most such players do.
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Posted 11 November 2005 - 10:47 PM
hazelnut, on Nov 11 2005, 03:38 PM, said:
Have deleted now, could it have had anything to do with the macromedia flash 8 update I did recently, as I see in google the two seem to be connected.?
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Posted 15 November 2005 - 12:15 AM
AOL and Sony, thats a deadly combination!
I would definitly remove it.
I would definitly remove it.
