viewpoint manager

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Is there any reason why I should not get rid of the viewpoint manager I noticed today in my prog. files?

I can only think it was left over from something I no longer have. I do not have the viewpoint media player.

Also when I just googled it it is associated with AOL and Sony. It says it downloads a unique number to the computer to help it manager the updates which it automatically serches for every 24 hours!!

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Installed by AOL (usually) and is know spyware.

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Have deleted now, could it have had anything to do with the macromedia flash 8 update I did recently, as I see in google the two seem to be connected.?

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You can inadvertently pick up Viewpoint Media Player and/or Manager at the sites of several major automakers and electronics manufacturers. It does not seem to trigger a warning the way most such players do.

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Have deleted now, could it have had anything to do with the macromedia flash 8 update I did recently, as I see in google the two seem to be connected.?

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No. Macromedia does not install it.

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AOL and Sony, thats a deadly combination!

I would definitly remove it.