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| Posted by: bookie
- [184172211] Sat, May 22, 2004, 12:18
Anyone ever heard of this? I'm wondering if it is a delivered component or some sort of spyware? |
| | | 1 | philflyboy
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Sat, May 22, 2004, 12:35
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I believe the wildtangent is installed when you play games on yahoo.
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| | | 2 | bookie
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Sat, May 22, 2004, 12:45
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hmmm... I've never played yahoo games. But I have played other online games....
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| | | 3 | KrazyKoalaBears
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ID: 517553018
Sat, May 22, 2004, 13:26
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It is indeed a game plug-in. I know you have to click to accept it when it installs at the start of particular games, but beyond that, I don't know anything about it. My guess is that it's not doing anything harmful as far as spying on your system or such.
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| | | 4 | Dr. Doom
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Sat, May 22, 2004, 13:51
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I have PestPatrol on my home computer and it identifies Wild Tanget as a "pest" for whatever that is worth.
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| | | 5 | MadDOG
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Sat, May 22, 2004, 18:16
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I think I had to download Wild Tangent Driver to play "MSN" games not "Yahoo" games.
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| | | 6 | KrazyKoalaBears
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ID: 517553018
Sat, May 22, 2004, 21:42
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It's a game specific plug-in. Various games on MSN, Yahoo, Shockwave, and many other sites use the plug-in. From what I remember, it's a 3D rendering engine for the games, so you likely installed it when playing a game that was more 3D than your typical game.
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