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Is Wild Tangent spyware?
Hi , Does anyone know if Wild Tangent is spyware? They say it is used for game playing. Their web site says that Dell installs it in some of their computers along with games. If so, then it must be ok. But, I have also heard that it is spyware. Should I try to uninstall Wild Tangent? I also have Shockwave and Shockmachine installed which use Wild Tangent. Should I also remove both of these?
I have spyware protection already. I have Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE, SpywareBlaster, and Trend's Virus and Spyware protection. Non of them have come up with Wild Tangent in the scans that I have done. Thank you Sandy
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August 24th, 2005 00:00
One thing you might want to do, is try using GOOGLE to lookup reference(s) to WildTangent, and see what others think about it, what it seems to do, and how it's being classified. We use GOOGLE almost exclusively for research on things like these. :)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wildtangent&btnG=Google+Search
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August 24th, 2005 00:00
Hi:
Wild Tangent was detected as spyware by Counterspy on my new Dell 9100. It was however
classified as a low risk I could ignore. It was installed as part of some pre-loaded games that
I never used (otto, and Gem Star, I think they were called).
Despite its low risk rating, I chose to delete it, and the associated games. It's definitely not Ok
with me that Dell puts this junk on their new PC's. As spyware goes, WildTangent is fairly
benign, so if you really like the games you can ignore it.
Sandy520
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August 24th, 2005 02:00
Joe53
Thank you for your help. I guess Dell wouldn't have installed it if it could cause damage to the computer. I guess I will let it go for now, unless I have more problems . Sandy
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August 24th, 2005 02:00
ky331
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August 24th, 2005 12:00
Message Edited by ky331 on 08-24-2005 10:24 AM
Sandy520
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August 24th, 2005 18:00
ky331
Thank you for your information about Wild Tangent. I think I will not do anything about it for now and try not to worry about it.
I just downloaded Spybot yesterday. It came up with Wild Tangent (32 events), DSO Exploit (5) and Windows Security Center AntiVirus Overri- - - (1).
Because they are bright red, I feel the need to delete them all. But, I guess I will not do anything. The " DSO Exploit" info said something about an Internet Explorer hole, and I don't know anything about "Windows Security Center AntiVirus Overri- - - " It had no info.
What good is the Spybot if I cannot delete any of the spyware or adware?
Sandy
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August 24th, 2005 22:00
Message Edited by ky331 on 08-25-2005 11:07 AM
Sandy520
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August 25th, 2005 22:00
ky331
Thank you again for responding to my question about the items that came up in Spybot. You are a great help.
After studying it for a while, I decided to use the IGNORE feature in Spybot for both Wild Tangent and DSO Exploit, because they don't seem to be a serious problem and I don't want to see them everytime I run Spybot. The Windows Security Center thing didn't come up when I ran Spybot again, so I guess it is gone.
Thanks again, Sandy
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August 25th, 2005 23:00
you're welcome.
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ky331
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Ace:
first, a general bit of advice.... you replied to a thread that is several months old. no guarantee that people even follow it anymore. for future reference, it would be wiser to start a new thread --- which will then be placed at the very "top" of the forum, for more people to easily find.
while i can't speak definitively on this point, i would assume that, when you try to play an AOL game [or any other application] that needs wildtangent, presumably, it will realize that it's "missing", and will download it automatically. if not, you can search the web, and perhaps find a direct/company download.
by the way, are you encountering a problem with something not running because you deleted W/T? if no problems, i'd suggest you leave well-enough alone, until you actually reach the problem stage.
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December 6th, 2005 17:00
Message Edited by AceDogg on 12-06-2005 01:35 PM
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December 6th, 2005 21:00
Wild tangent is now considered optional - users choice as far as most anti-malware fighters are concerned.
This copy post is taken from list of optional fixes we maintain.
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I see you are using Wild Tangent. It is not malware, but is sometimes thought to bring malware along. Unless you are an extremely avid games player, I recommend you fix this...
Wild Tangent is a video game software company specializing in online games. It has even made a partnership with AOL to include itself as part of the AOL Instant Messenger for their AIM games section. The WildTangent Web Driver is their technology that allows you to play 3D games over the Internet. Although it’s not technically considered spyware, it does have built in components to update itself and gather information about the computer system including
Video Card type and Driver Version
Location that the Web Driver was installed from
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I have a HP laptop with Windows 10 and preinstalled Wild Tangent Games. Here it is 2017. Every time I played Spider Solitaire, it would slow down and freeze. I would get a ton of malware. I am so fed up with these games, I have uninstalled them. It has only been maybe 12 hours, but I haven't gotten any more ding ding ding, warning from my virus protection and malware removal programs since I uninstalled Wild Tangent Games.
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December 12th, 2017 05:00
I notice that the term "Wild Tangent" shows up in scans to this day even though I don't believe I ever installed it, since I am not a gamer. I was more into stuff like "Myst" and "Flight Simulator". Whatever happened to Midnight Star?