Is Viewpoint Media Player to be trusted?

Ned · Post by **Ned** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:09 pm

Popped up saying it had updated
I think it's bundled with AIM

annoying

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:16 pm

Anything you dont know is installed on your comp is not trustowrthy, something tells me this isnt either. Sounds like some kind of malware.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:53 am

VMP is a persistent little booger. It seems like every 3 to 6 months I see it has reinstalled itself on my PC and I cannot figure out exactly where it is coming from.

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:23 am

it often comes with games,dvds and cd roms with extra content and is installed in the background without consent so i class it as malware and remove it whenever found.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:36 pm

suicide eddie wrote:it often comes with games,dvds and cd roms with extra content and is installed in the background without consent so i class it as malware and remove it whenever found.

Disable auto-run. Problem solved (as far as DVD movies are concerned, this won't keep it from installing via games).

Tweak UI (the Powertoys version, not 3.11) -> My Computer -> Autoplay -> Types

Uncheck both boxes. Click OK.

The old version of Tweak UI should have a similar layout. (for those of you not running XP)