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Barbara
Does the SP2 disk ordered through Microsoft have an option on it to
download a game program called "Wild Tangent?"
Barb
download a game program called "Wild Tangent?"
Barb
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
No. Visit: http://www.wildtangent.com/
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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
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| Does the SP2 disk ordered through Microsoft have an option on it to
| download a game program called "Wild Tangent?"
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| Barb
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| Does the SP2 disk ordered through Microsoft have an option on it to
| download a game program called "Wild Tangent?"
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| Barb
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Ron Bogart
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NO - Wild Tangent won't be an option on an official SP2 CD.
Barbara said:
NO - Wild Tangent won't be an option on an official SP2 CD.
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Wesley Vogel
Wild Tangent is crap/scum/spy/dogs**tware.
You do not want it.
You do not want it.
Q
quit that
to check for spyware like wildtangent
spybot safer-networking.org
ad-aware lavasoftusa.com
spybot safer-networking.org
ad-aware lavasoftusa.com
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PA Bear
NO!
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Steve N.
Carey said:
Carey, Wildtanget games contain spyware and slow down system perfomance
when installed.
Steve
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David H. Lipman
I have a strong feeling she is aware of that fact but is pointing to the URL for uninstall
directions.
Dave
| Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
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| > No. Visit: http://www.wildtangent.com/
| >
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| Carey, Wildtanget games contain spyware and slow down system perfomance
| when installed.
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| Steve
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directions.
Dave
| Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
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| > No. Visit: http://www.wildtangent.com/
| >
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| Carey, Wildtanget games contain spyware and slow down system perfomance
| when installed.
|
| Steve
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CS
David:
"Carey" is a male. <g>
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David H. Lipman
Really ??????
That is news to me !
If that is true I owe "him" an apology for pushing a feminine gender upon "him".
Dave :-(
| On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:09:11 -0500, "David H. Lipman"
|
| >I have a strong feeling she is aware of that fact but is pointing to the URL for
uninstall
| >directions.
| >
| >Dave
|
| David:
|
| "Carey" is a male. <g>
|
|
|
That is news to me !
If that is true I owe "him" an apology for pushing a feminine gender upon "him".
Dave :-(
| On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:09:11 -0500, "David H. Lipman"
|
| >I have a strong feeling she is aware of that fact but is pointing to the URL for
uninstall
| >directions.
| >
| >Dave
|
| David:
|
| "Carey" is a male. <g>
|
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Guest
Steve N.
I get an error message each time I boot up that "Wild Tangent" did not load
propoerly. My instinct is simply to uninstall Wild Tangent. Is there any
reason not to? Is "wild tangent" necessary for anything other than these
games?
I get an error message each time I boot up that "Wild Tangent" did not load
propoerly. My instinct is simply to uninstall Wild Tangent. Is there any
reason not to? Is "wild tangent" necessary for anything other than these
games?
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Richard Urban [MVP]
Wild Tangent is only for gaming. It is the price you pay to get the "free?"
games. You see, they are not so free after all.
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Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
games. You see, they are not so free after all.
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Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
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Wesley Vogel
WildTangent is scumware.
WildTangent can be installed on the victim machine without the user's
knowledge or consent.
Only reason here..
[[Notice that removing WildTangent may cause the program that bundled it to
not function as intended.]]
WildTangent - Bundled software removal instructions
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/wildtangent/index.phtml
WildTangent Removal
http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/245-p1.php
PC Hell: How to Remove WildTangent
http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
WildTangent can be installed on the victim machine without the user's
knowledge or consent.
Only reason here..
[[Notice that removing WildTangent may cause the program that bundled it to
not function as intended.]]
WildTangent - Bundled software removal instructions
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/wildtangent/index.phtml
WildTangent Removal
http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/245-p1.php
PC Hell: How to Remove WildTangent
http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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plop
Wake upppp!!!!!
lololol
Wild Tangent is M$ partner!
"September 30, 2003 - REDMOND, WA
WildTangent, the leading online game publisher, today announced that a
version of its Web Driver Gaming platform and published games will be
distributed with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.
*********WildTangent's agreement with Microsoft ********will provide, for
the first time, a console-quality PC gaming experience offering fun,
interactive games that can be played by the entire family using a remote
control and television in a living-room setting. "
"WildTangent's Media Center games are the first truly native game
applications made for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.
**********Microsoft engaged WildTangent to pioneer a new way*********** for
games to be played by having the game-maker .........":
http://www.wildtangent.com/default.asp?pageID=pr20030930_A
Why don't y'all use your 'copy&paste' anti-spyware campain in a slightly
more informative way....
lololol
Wild Tangent is M$ partner!
"September 30, 2003 - REDMOND, WA
WildTangent, the leading online game publisher, today announced that a
version of its Web Driver Gaming platform and published games will be
distributed with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.
*********WildTangent's agreement with Microsoft ********will provide, for
the first time, a console-quality PC gaming experience offering fun,
interactive games that can be played by the entire family using a remote
control and television in a living-room setting. "
"WildTangent's Media Center games are the first truly native game
applications made for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.
**********Microsoft engaged WildTangent to pioneer a new way*********** for
games to be played by having the game-maker .........":
http://www.wildtangent.com/default.asp?pageID=pr20030930_A
Why don't y'all use your 'copy&paste' anti-spyware campain in a slightly
more informative way....
Wesley Vogel said:
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Winux P
Be interesting to see what MS Spyware will classify it as if that's the
case, they made some hot media player visualisations though.
- Winux P
case, they made some hot media player visualisations though.
- Winux P
plop said:
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plop
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject: WildTangent
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Hello, I'm WildTangent's CEO Alex St. John. We're an online game
publishing company in Redmond Washington. You are correct that Microsoft as
well as all of our other partners would have nothing to do with us if we
were actually a spyware company or even an adware company. We make online
published games.
The reason we get tagged as spyware is because we use a common game
engine called the WildTangent Web Driver for all of the content we publish.
It checks automatically for new software patches or udpates when it's
running so that online users who click a game won't have to wait for the Web
Driver to upgrade itself before they can play.
The spyware removal guys have a lot on their hands these days and
generally don't take a very close look at a product before they decide to
remove it. We just released a new Web Driver on our site
(www.wildtangent.com) that makes it easy for users to disable its self
patching feature. Installing it will also clean up any old Web Driver
versions a user may have. Uninstalling it using add/remove programs will
cause it to clean all WildTangent bits off the users systems with the
exception of the games themselves and our GameChannel product. (GameChannel
is a download manager for our games. It's designed to make online delivery
more reliable for modem users)
Hope that helps
-Alex
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Hello, I'm WildTangent's CEO Alex St. John. We're an online game
publishing company in Redmond Washington. You are correct that Microsoft as
well as all of our other partners would have nothing to do with us if we
were actually a spyware company or even an adware company. We make online
published games.
The reason we get tagged as spyware is because we use a common game
engine called the WildTangent Web Driver for all of the content we publish.
It checks automatically for new software patches or udpates when it's
running so that online users who click a game won't have to wait for the Web
Driver to upgrade itself before they can play.
The spyware removal guys have a lot on their hands these days and
generally don't take a very close look at a product before they decide to
remove it. We just released a new Web Driver on our site
(www.wildtangent.com) that makes it easy for users to disable its self
patching feature. Installing it will also clean up any old Web Driver
versions a user may have. Uninstalling it using add/remove programs will
cause it to clean all WildTangent bits off the users systems with the
exception of the games themselves and our GameChannel product. (GameChannel
is a download manager for our games. It's designed to make online delivery
more reliable for modem users)
Hope that helps
-Alex
Winux P said:
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Wesley Vogel
# [WildTangent Inc][Panda Adware/WildTangent]
127.0.0.1 aimgames.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 aiminstaller.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 download.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 dl.dna.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 install.wildtangent.com #[WildTangent Active Launcher]
127.0.0.1 register.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 updaterservice.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 www.wildtangent.com #[WTHoster Class]
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127.0.0.1 aimgames.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 aiminstaller.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 download.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 dl.dna.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 install.wildtangent.com #[WildTangent Active Launcher]
127.0.0.1 register.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 updaterservice.wildtangent.com
127.0.0.1 www.wildtangent.com #[WTHoster Class]
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plop said:
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Wesley Vogel
I am one guy with an opinion.
I don't care if you play golf with Bill Gates.
I can't access
http://www.wildtangent.com/default.asp?pageID=pr20030930_A
even if I wanted to. It's in my Restricted sites zone.
How did your posting here help the poster Hattie with their problem:
Wild Tangent did not load properly?
So you've cleaned up your act and WildTangent is no longer
installed without a users consent or knowledge while another program is
being installed on the computer?
[[Threat type: Low Risk Adware]]
Threat: WildTangent
http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threat_display.cfm?name=WildTangent&threatid=14225
[[The being installed without you asking for it isn't cool at all.]]
WildTangent Removal
http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/245-p1.php
[[Although its not technically considered spyware it does have built in
components to update itself and gather information about the computer system
including
a.. Operating System Version
b.. CPU Type and Speed
c.. Memory Amount
d.. Video Card type and Driver Version
e.. Sound Card type and Driver Version
f.. DirectX Version
g.. Location that the Web Driver was installed from ]]
PC Hell: How to Remove WildTangent
http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml
[[This program is effectively harmless. However, it can be installed on the
victim machine without the user's knowledge or consent. ]]
Viruslist.com - not-a-virus:AdWare.WildTangent.a
http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encyclopedia?virusid=66323
[[The primary reason WildTangent is listed is because it is silently
installed with many programs. ]]
Tenebril - Spyware Research Center - WildTangent
http://www.tenebril.com/src/info.php?id=101408978
Wild Tangent
http://hoogervorst.freehosting.net/net_wildtangent.htm
WildTangent
Category Data Miner
http://labs.paretologic.com/spyware.aspx?remove=WildTangent
CastleCops WildTangent CDA RUNDLL32.exe cdaEngine0400.dll",cdaEngineMain
Startup and file information
http://castlecops.com/s5679-WildTangent_CDA.html
CastleCops WT Game Channel or WT GameChannel GameChannel.exe
wtgamechannel.exe Startup and file information
http://castlecops.com/s4547-WT_Game_Channel_or_WT_GameChannel.html
CastleCops WildTangent Web Driver updater wcmdmgrl.exe Startup and file
information
http://castlecops.com/s4216-WildTangent_Web_Driver_updater.html
[[Online game publisher WildTangent has signed on as the latest company to
integrate ads into its gaming network. The effort is part of a new
partnership with 24/7 Real Media.
Under the agreement, the Redmond, WA-based publisher will implement 24/7
Real Media's Open AdStream ad management technology into games, which
inserts in-game ads and tracks the number and duration of impression each ad
generates. The technology can change or rotate ads to keep them fresh.]]
WildTangent Puts Ads in Games, Jeep Signs On
http://promomagazine.com/news/breakingnews/wildtangent_ads_042105/
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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I don't care if you play golf with Bill Gates.
I can't access
http://www.wildtangent.com/default.asp?pageID=pr20030930_A
even if I wanted to. It's in my Restricted sites zone.
How did your posting here help the poster Hattie with their problem:
Wild Tangent did not load properly?
So you've cleaned up your act and WildTangent is no longer
installed without a users consent or knowledge while another program is
being installed on the computer?
[[Threat type: Low Risk Adware]]
Threat: WildTangent
http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threat_display.cfm?name=WildTangent&threatid=14225
[[The being installed without you asking for it isn't cool at all.]]
WildTangent Removal
http://www.iamnotageek.com/a/245-p1.php
[[Although its not technically considered spyware it does have built in
components to update itself and gather information about the computer system
including
a.. Operating System Version
b.. CPU Type and Speed
c.. Memory Amount
d.. Video Card type and Driver Version
e.. Sound Card type and Driver Version
f.. DirectX Version
g.. Location that the Web Driver was installed from ]]
PC Hell: How to Remove WildTangent
http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml
[[This program is effectively harmless. However, it can be installed on the
victim machine without the user's knowledge or consent. ]]
Viruslist.com - not-a-virus:AdWare.WildTangent.a
http://www.viruslist.com/en/viruses/encyclopedia?virusid=66323
[[The primary reason WildTangent is listed is because it is silently
installed with many programs. ]]
Tenebril - Spyware Research Center - WildTangent
http://www.tenebril.com/src/info.php?id=101408978
Wild Tangent
http://hoogervorst.freehosting.net/net_wildtangent.htm
WildTangent
Category Data Miner
http://labs.paretologic.com/spyware.aspx?remove=WildTangent
CastleCops WildTangent CDA RUNDLL32.exe cdaEngine0400.dll",cdaEngineMain
Startup and file information
http://castlecops.com/s5679-WildTangent_CDA.html
CastleCops WT Game Channel or WT GameChannel GameChannel.exe
wtgamechannel.exe Startup and file information
http://castlecops.com/s4547-WT_Game_Channel_or_WT_GameChannel.html
CastleCops WildTangent Web Driver updater wcmdmgrl.exe Startup and file
information
http://castlecops.com/s4216-WildTangent_Web_Driver_updater.html
[[Online game publisher WildTangent has signed on as the latest company to
integrate ads into its gaming network. The effort is part of a new
partnership with 24/7 Real Media.
Under the agreement, the Redmond, WA-based publisher will implement 24/7
Real Media's Open AdStream ad management technology into games, which
inserts in-game ads and tracks the number and duration of impression each ad
generates. The technology can change or rotate ads to keep them fresh.]]
WildTangent Puts Ads in Games, Jeep Signs On
http://promomagazine.com/news/breakingnews/wildtangent_ads_042105/
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
plop said: