The talk the last few days about hacking got me curious, So I went to
Control panel and seen this thing.. Wild Tangent. It might be something
that I downloaded but I don't remember that name right off hand.
Anyone ever hear of this as far as a virus, or one of those external
controller hack things? or what ever? If you know that that is what it is
I'd appreciate a personal email ASAP. Also, if you happen to recognize it
as something not to worry about.
Go here to read: http://www.wildtangent.com/
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> The talk the last few days about hacking got me curious, So I went to > Control panel and seen this thing.. Wild Tangent. It might be something > that I downloaded but I don't remember that name right off hand. > > Anyone ever hear of this as far as a virus, or one of those external > controller hack things? or what ever? If you know that that is what it is > I'd appreciate a personal email ASAP. Also, if you happen to recognize it > as something not to worry about. > >DOH! I think I remember this now. If I'm right, it's one of the things I
downloaded for WinAmp.
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>Go here to read: http://www.wildtangent.com/ > > > >"Michael Barlow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:s_UI6.28087$%[email hidden]... >> The talk the last few days about hacking got me curious, So I went to >> Control panel and seen this thing.. Wild Tangent. It might be something >> that I downloaded but I don't remember that name right off hand. >> >> Anyone ever hear of this as far as a virus, or one of those external >> controller hack things? or what ever? If you know that that is what itIn article <kcWI6.28157$%[email hidden]>, Michael
Barlow wrote:
>DOH! I think I remember this now. If I'm right, it's one of the
>things I downloaded for WinAmp.
Yes, they (WildTangent) make plugins for WinAmp. Very nice ones,
too.
Be warned, though, that the WildTangent control panel applet includes
some sort of spyware (called an "auto-update agent" or something
similar) that runs in the background of your computer at all times and
periodically sends stuff out over the network. You can disable this
through the WT control panel, which I strongly recommend. They tell
you about this when you install the software, but its buried pretty
deep in the fine print.
