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Is Viewpoint Media Player to be trusted?
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:09 pm
by Ned
Popped up saying it had updated
I think it's bundled with AIM
annoying
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:16 pm
by Avder
Anything you dont know is installed on your comp is not trustowrthy, something tells me this isnt either. Sounds like some kind of malware.
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:53 am
by Iceman
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:23 am
by suicide eddie
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.
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:36 pm
by MD-2389
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)