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Old 12-28-2004, 09:35 AM   #1
Larry_OHF
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Midlands, South Carolina
Age: 48
Posts: 14,759
Hello folks. I have recently discovered an item called Viewpoint on my PC. Doing a search on Google leads me to two possible conclusions.
1. It is a good thing to have.
2. It is a bad thing to have.

I suppose this thing was added to my PC when I upgraded Adobe Reader. It will most likely also be on anyone's PC that uses AOL, AIM, or Netscape from what I have read.

Here are two websites that help explain the two "viewpoints" of this matter.

The Pro Viewpoint link. Please scroll down to the FAQ, which explains what they want you to know about it.

The anti viewpoint link. Note that they say that this does report back to headquarters on you.

Just for reference, This page lists some removal instructions, in case you have found this on your PC. Just for some laughs, please scroll down to the bottom where there is a little forum of Q&A...and see the guy that posted the online chat with a tech, who refused to help this kid remove the stuff.


So in conclusion...Is all this paranoia, and there is no real problem with the software, or is it an elusive piece of crap that my spyware checkers are not finding?
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