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Hi all,

I absolutely remember getting "Viewpoint Manager" when I downloaded "iTunes." I had upgraded to "AOL 9.0 se," and did not see it in my "Control Panel," it was only after I downloaded "iTunes." However, "iTunes" runs just fine if I block "Viewpoint Manager" from accessing the Internet. But, there's absolutely no doubt that I got "Viewpoint Manager" with "iTunes."

I'm terminally ill and I spend a lot of time at my computer, so I know what comes in when I don't request it. This da** program is nothing but a pain in the you know what.

However, if I allow my Norton to block it, I can still do all I want on the web without any problems. The problem is, the da** Norton warning box pop's up every sub-atomic second I'm online, and can be really annoying.

Today - after reading a lot of material on "Viewpoint Manager" - I completely blocked it for good. I really hesitate in removing anything on my system without knowing for sure that I won't have to reload it. My system isn't exactly a cheap one, and I have a lot of additional programs I have purchased - such as "PowerDVD," "MusicMatch," and other really expensive programs, and I'm not about to go through all the re-downloading and trying to find codes again and setting up passwords again if Norton will block it from sending information I don't want "Viewpoint Manager" to send.

So, I'm being cautious.

Should I have additional problems, I will then remove it and hope to God I don't need to reload my system just to get it to run properly.

Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you, on this annoying program called, "Viewpoint Manager."

Sean

Viewpoint media player is a plug-in for IE that allows you to view 3D models online in its basic form, but it can be made interactive.

http://www.viewpoint.com/pub/index.html

Thanks guys its a shame that AOL is up to crap like this. My firewall kept warning me about viewmgr.exe and I kept allowing the program to access the internet until I got curious as to why the program needed to access the internet every day. It makes sense that it is indeed malicious spyware. I found the installer and the file folder and deleted the living daylights out of them.

Hi there, and a big "Thank You."
Y'all were the 1rst result in a google search on the subject: viewmgr.exe.
This thing came to life on my machine recently, and to find it linked to AOH*ll doesn't surprise me.
They once tried to bill me for 2 months of service that I never asked for, let alone used.
As in: you get a bill in the mail from them one day for 2 months of service.
I recently accessed an old aim account the other day and shortly after that zonealarm began reporting that this spy/mal ware was trying to access the 'net.
But thanks to this site, it's all history now.
However, this could be a good lesson to sever all ties with those aoh*ll people that you might have on your machine.

I don't have ITunes OR AOHELL and ViewMgr.exe has just recently tried to access the net from my system too.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but problem NOT solved.

Besides, I can't understand anyone with 1/2 a brain still using that POS AOHELL anyway!!!

For what it's worth. I had this program show up right after accessing Toyotas site and downloading the drivers to view a 3D model of a car. So, I'm guessing if you have recently visited a site to view some type of 3D visual, so you could take a tour of an object, you probably got it from there.
Scott

I'm not sure that anyone got this with iTunes I think iTunes somehow wakes it up to transmit information. I got the same firewall alerts when using Windows Mediaplayer as well.

I had viewed a 3d demo of a product on a webpage beforehand and I'm pretty sure that's where it came from though it seems to have installed without any action required by me. So much for internet explorer's security enhancements in SP2. (In case you're wondering I normally use firefox but the 3d demo wouldn't load in it - maybe this is why).

viewpoint is a plugin (in my case for IE) that allows you to view VML, a pseudo-3D markup language - i installed it on purpose the other day in order to view some content on the Honda Robotics website. it is not spyware. older browsers (or pre-SP2 winXP systems) may install it automatically when you visit a site w/ 3d content.

If it's not spyware, why does it need to keep accessing the Net?

I've been surfing the web on the same computer for about 4 years and suddently ViewMgr.exe started accessing the internet.I deleted it since i dont want anything odd like that running.SpySweeper said it was spyware.If its ligitimate then why does it keep accessing the internet?

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