ViewPoint is indeed ADware, if not spyware
It is apparant that despite their protestations that ViewPoint is NOT
spyware... they ARE INDEED Adware and intend to be.
Please see:
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3561546
As ViewPoint is pre-installed by a number of PC Vendors, and is included
with AOL and AIM as well as other - it is quite prevalent in terms of
installs. AOL is most egregious as it AUTOMATICALLY REINSTALLS ViewPoint
every time you open AOL if you uninstall ViewPoint. (Unless you know the
SECRET to turn it off - see:
http://edeldoug.blogs.com/thoughts_r...orced_ins.html)
ViewPoint masquerades as a useful, innocuous, and misunderstood and maligned
technology to enhance your web experience. Seems it has little real purpose
beyond being a fancy graphics adserver.