What the hell is "viewpoint"

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Zac Naloen
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What the hell is "viewpoint"

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And why has it been installed on mine and my dads pc's without our knowledge? as far as a i can tell its not spyware or anything. but i don't want it.
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It's spyware. Post your HijackThis! log in the HJT thread and we'll point out which entries to remove.
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Nuke the motherfucker from high orbit. It doesn't appear to DO much of anything, but jesus, I see it on almost every system I work on. This annoys me on general principles.
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how the fuck did it get on there?
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AOL likes to install it, and other programs might as well. I haven't seen it really do anything either, but it's an annoying, pervasive bastard.
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