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Yod12

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August 3rd, 2007 15:00

Wild Tangent

After an extremely frustrating experience with a HP 'tech support' rep, my original concern wasn't addressed at all, but I now have many error messages on my 8250 (who designed this thing?!?!). Among them is Wild Tangent. I did a search for it and came up with wildtangent.jar. It seems to be some kind of zip file buried in a java folder. What is this, and can I safely delete it?

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August 3rd, 2007 16:00

1972vet

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August 3rd, 2007 17:00

WildTangent was considered spyware some years ago but since has come around. The executable, update driver, or online games for WildTangent are just fine now-a-days.

The only remnent left of concern from WildTangent is the digital distribution channel (DDCMan.exe, DDCM or DDCMan) which is still an adware problem. Some HP perhaps Dell and some other systems that come from retail as pre-installed systems may have the distribution channel still installed.

The WildTangent.jar can safely be removed. Click start-->control panel-->Java...on the General tab at the bottom, click the Settings button. Remove the check from "Keep temporary files on my computer". Click the Delete Files button, check what boxes are not grayed out...click "OK", "OK" again, and one more time, click "OK" to close the Java Control Panel.

ky331

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August 3rd, 2007 17:00

a JAR file is a Java ARchive (i.e., a "library" or grouped-collection of Java-based files).   In your case, this archive is needed for (or at least, related to) WildTangent, which for the most part, is  game-related software.
 
In the process of "fixing" things, if they had you remove some of the WildTangent "accessories" without also removing the "main" program which "calls on" them, this could certainly result in some error messages.
 
You've indicated your " original concern wasn't addressed at all,
but [you] now have many error messages... Among them is WildTangent".
 
What was your original problem that you were trying to get fixed?  
What did HP tech support have you do to try to repair it?
What are the EXACT error messages you're receiving at present? ---
And to the best of your ability, what is generating these messages
(i.e., are they coming from Windows itself?  Or when you try to run particular programs?)
 
Depending on whether your current problems are hardware, software, spyware, or otherwise related, you can post details in the appropriate forum [here, if it's virus/spyware], and hopefully, someone can offer you better help than HP did.
 
 
 
 
 


Message Edited by ky331 on 08-03-2007 02:26 PM

Yod12

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August 3rd, 2007 17:00

Thanks,
Interestingly, I did a search for wild tangent. The first entries are Wild Tangent Removal information, New hijack this log, spyware info, etc. Doesn't sound good.
Anyway, some folks at the board that was linked here (thanks for that) say it fairly benign, and it's still needed for Macromedia Flash etc.
 
BTw, I have a Dell computer with an HP printer. I couldn't beleive the runaround I got at HP tech support. Finally called them after emailing twice, and got rerouted a few times, once to a rep in Canada who chuckled and said that the woman I initially spoke with in India was totally off the wall as he read her notes.

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