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Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Wed June 24, 2009 03:19 PM UTC

Recently i've been getting a pop-up quite often here on VT asking me if I want to install this. Obviously I'm not going to even open it until I know what it is and certainly not going to install it! Is this something to enhance VT vids? Any other info? Also if it is a VT recommended piece of software does it take over as my default media player?

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johngayton

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Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Wed June 24, 2009 09:27 PM UTC

a) Have you ran your spyware.
b) Do you have another window open when you get this popup.
c) Have you cleared your cache.

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kiwi

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Re: Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Wed June 24, 2009 10:07 PM UTC

Hi Pam. I last ran my spyware on Monday which gave me a clean (ish) bill of health. Cache gets cleared on a regular basis and the pop-up only appears when I'm on VT.

It's only a minor irritation and doesn't appear that often. If it's not a VT thing then I'll just ignore it and maybe it'll go away or maybe my next week's scheduled Spybot run will find it.

It's a bit wierd though because it only started appearing after I downloaded the new IE version 8 which I did after running my weekly Spybot scan on Monday - maybe it's something to do with that.

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johngayton

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Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Wed June 24, 2009 10:15 PM UTC

OH maybe you get it because you clear your data each session?
IE8 likely has different settings to your previous version. Just a thought.

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kiwi

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Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Wed June 24, 2009 10:22 PM UTC

I just cleared all my cookies and logged out and back in but don't see this viewpoint one. Must be related to changing to IE8. maybe someone knows more I'll be keen to hear.
I see by googling that it is a media plugin.

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Re: Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Wed June 24, 2009 10:52 PM UTC

If it's nothing to with VT I'll just ignore it - but strange: ever since I posted this it has stopped appearing!!

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johngayton

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Re: Viewpoint Media Player
Posted: Thu June 25, 2009 01:04 AM UTC

viewpoint is a plugin for viewing 3D and 360 degree videos.It is not needed if you can view the videos you wish to see.It is also part of the application that runs AOL,AIM instant messenger.So if you have any AOL files on your computer it have be there be loaded already.Check your add an remove programs to see if it loaded on your computer,if it is remove it if you wish too.It is also a file in some Adobe programs.
SOME MORE INFRO ON IT

http://spyware.factexpert.com/1207-spyware-viewpoint.php

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