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I have norton AV. I was reading news on MSNBC when my browser suddenly slowed, minutes later NAV asked if I wanted to allow viewmgr.exe to connect to a server. I found this site and selected always block in NAV. I was not asked if I wanted to install this, it was forced onto my machine. During the uninstall process, several other programs attempted to install/run. I think that this program may open a vulnerabilty in windows that is being exploited by hackers. Thanks MSNBC for putting this on my machine. Also, thanks hackers for trying to screw me over and getting caught. Avoid this program like the plague, end the process in program manager and uninstall through control panel Add/Remove programs... but first end your internet connection. The uninstall process may trigger futher downloads and headaches.

Thanks for reading,

Greyh4t

'The Viewpoint Media Player comes bundled with AOL, AIM, Adobe products and most retail computers sold today.'

they claim to be harmless........and they probably are....but still annoying....i'm uninstalling

Unlike some of the other stories here, I didn't get infected by AIM or iTunes.

Zonealarm noticed the damn thing trying to access the network. I havent installed ANY software lately - the only thing was the other day, yahoo messenger asked for a web update. I think I allowed it, as I'm on a distributed T3 connection here so things like that are quick enough, and it at least stops the damn thing repeatedly asking.

Only thing is though, that was more than 1 reboot ago. So I can't be sure it was yahoo that is responsible in this case, but it certainly wasnt AIM or iTunes in my case.

Check out WinPatrol at www.winpatrol.com. I have viewpoint on my computer but it appears to be inactive. It's not in startups, it's not running, it is just sitting there. It probably came with Acrobat, and now SunBelt's Counterspy tells me it is spyware. I'm leaving it. I saw who their clients are and I want to see their ads.

Big Irv

I found this on a Windows website. Not sure if I want it still or not.

[copyrighted material removed. See this link instead: http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ViewMgr/ - Leo]

Installing without permission, using the internet without user intervention to download more stuff,not fully removing itself, leaving it's control panel registered, leaving it's auto-downloader in the Run key... all after running their uninstall (after locating via the web, since they did not put it in add/remove programs).

This is not the behaviour of an honest program. Adobe should be ashamed of themselves. AOL, well, it's what we expect of AOL, actually.

Like another post mentioned, this was secretly installed by the iTunes music site on my WindowsXP computer. On March 18, I visited iTunes (I am not a customer and will never be now) to listen to a sound clip of a top ten song they made available. A message popped up stating that additional software was needed to play the song on Windows, and I did not agree to install anything and left the site. A day later, ZoneAlarm popped up a message saying that a program called ViewMgr.exe was trying to access the internet, I denied it permission that one time to see if it would try again on a different day. 2 days later, I was trying to transfer data wirelessly between my main PC and my laptop, but the connection kept getting killed for some reason. I tried to copy a file 4 times without success before I finally went to my main computer to see what was wrong. I saw the exact same message notifying me that ZoneAlarm wanted further instruction on whether or not to allow ViewMgr.exe to access the internet. This is when I realized there was malware on my PC. I scanned with the latest definitions using SpyBot S&D as well as Microsoft Anti-Spyware (formerly Giant) and neither program detected ViewMgr.exe as spyware, but it was obviously trying to phone home after seruptitiously installing itself on my PC, so it is in fact spyware. I did a search of my drive and found that a program called Viewmanager had created a directory on my C Drive (I only install programs on my D drive, so I instantly knew it was secretly placed there by a script). I attempted to remove the program from the add/remove program folder and the moment I clicked 'remove', ZoneAlarm popped up another message indicating that yet another program (located in the same directory) was trying to access the internet. Of course, I denied it permission and the uninstall went off without a hitch. There is absolutely no LEGITIMATE reason for any program to ever contact a server over the internet because it is about to be removed. I will never again visit iTunes and forget about ever getting an iPod, since Apple lets its affiliates abuse consumers.

forgot to mention why I know it was iTunes that installed the software: The creation date of the viewmanager directory on my C drive corresponded EXACTLY to the date and time that I visited the iTunes music site.

Today I started getting the message that "ViewMgr.exe" was trying to access the internet. The wierd thing is that it would not stop I kept telling Norton Security not to allow it and it kept coming back in a pattern, three times in about a minute then wait about three minutes and then three times and so on. To my knowledge I do not have AOL or AIM on my computer. I did however access a music service called Rhapsody yesterday, I can't prove this is where it came from because I may have been in to some other sites as well, it was just when Dave mentioned itunes I am thinking possibly this Rhapsody thin. I uninstalled the program from control panel and as someone else mentioned a message came up that some other program was trying to access the internet, unfortunately I did not write it down. So far no other problems.

I also found ViewMgr trying to access the Internet the other day. I did not knowingly install this and do not know how I got it. I do, however, know that I have never downloaded iTunes or other music services but did download Star Downloader (a download assistant to FireFox) and I visited MSNBC and InTrade.com. I would be surprised if any of these downloaded ViewMgr but there it is.

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