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I have a question about Wild Tangent...Spybot detects this and I heard that it should be removed. But it seems legit... I need it to run certain games on Pogo and certain games from Yahoo. What's the deal? Is it really that bad?

It's not needed at STARTUP.

Cactus

To follow-up on your question...

This task consumes Internet bandwidth unnecessarily and unless you use your PC primarily for games, you should disable it – it is not needed to run your games. One way to disable it is by right-clicking the Wild Tangent icon in the System Tray, taking OFF all , and clicking OK.

Other issues with this task include problems with Internet access as a result of the task crashing in the background, and Internet Explorer crashes. If you do not play any Wild Tangent games, you should consider de-installing anything "Wild Tangent" in the "Add/Remove Programs" in the Control Panel.


Cactus

Just to add to what Cactus said:

Wild Tangent and where it comes from:
Wild Tangent games: When you play a game at the Wild Tangent Software gaming site,
http://www.wildtangent.com, the site requires you to download the game program to play the game.
The game may be downloaded to your computer regardless
of whether you play the game on the Web site or directly on your computer.

Winamp:
Wild Tangent software is installed as part of the customized parts (plugins) of Winamp.

Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other programs:
ISPs include companies such as Verizon or BellSouth that provide your computer access to the Internet.

AIM:
Starting with version 5.5 Wild Tangent software was installed.

All these programs use wcmdmgr.exe to access the internet as a phone home feature.
One way around it is to download and install
and just block wcmdmgr.exe when it tries to access the internet.