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04-21-2007, 08:00 AM
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Viewpoint Media Player
Well it was installed on my computer as well without me knowing about it. I only found out when an annoying update pop-up can up which I originally thought was an advert but came up without any IEs open so I did some research. There's some conflicting reports whether it's spyware or not so I wondered if you guys had any ideas or whether it's in your program list? It didn't come up in any anti-spyware searches either.
I removed it anyway as my PC and web content works fine without it.
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04-21-2007, 10:17 AM
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Viewpoint gets installed when you install software from AOL. It's unnecessary. It's not really spyware, it's just extra bloat.
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04-21-2007, 04:55 PM
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Ah thanks for that but I don't use AOL in any ways...
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04-21-2007, 05:02 PM
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Viewpoint Media Player is installed when any AOL software (including AOL Instant Messenger) is installed. It will still be there even after you uninstall AIM.
Note - moving to Gen Software. kram
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