What is Wild Tangent???
Wild Tangent is a video game software company specializing in online games. It has made a partnership with AOL to include itself as part of the AOL Instant Messenger for their AIM games section. The WildTangent Web Driver is their technology that allows you to play 3D games over the Internet. Although its not technically considered spyware it does have built in components so it updates itself and gathers information about the computer system including:
Operating System Version.
CPU Type and Speed.
Memory Amount.
Video Card type and Driver Version.
Sound Card type and Driver Version.
DirectX Version.
Location that the Web Driver was installed from.
How to remove:
Since WildTangent loads into the Windows Control Panel its harder to remove then some items. Follow the directions below to remove it.
Manual Removal of Wild Tangent:
Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.
Click on the WildTangent selection and Change/Remove, Uninstall, or Add/Remove depending on the operating system.
Then follow the onscreen prompts to remove the WT Driver.
Run Hijackthis and fix or Remove the following line (if it exists):
04 - HKLM\..\Run: [WildTangent CDA] RUNDLL32.exe "C:\Program Files\WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll",cdaEngineMain
You might also have to use Hijackthis and remove the above line if you receive the following error message:
Error Loading C:\Program Files\WildTangent\apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400dll
This specified module could not be found
If the Control Panel icon or WildTangent folders still remain:
Remove the Wild Tangent Driver from the Control Panel if it still exists.
Click on Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter.
Click on the Plus signs (+) next to the following sections:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Control Panel
Cpls
In the right hand column find the line for wtControlPanel, right click on it and Delete it.
Close the Windows Registry.
Delete the WildTangent folder in Program Files and Windows
Open My Computer.
Double-click on Drive C.
Double-click on Program Files.
Right-click on WildTangent and choose Delete (if the folder exists).
Go back to Drive C and double-click on Windows.
Right-click on the WT folder and choose Delete (if the folder exists).
Wild Tangent is a video game software company specializing in online games. It has made a partnership with AOL to include itself as part of the AOL Instant Messenger for their AIM games section. The WildTangent Web Driver is their technology that allows you to play 3D games over the Internet. Although its not technically considered spyware it does have built in components so it updates itself and gathers information about the computer system including:
Operating System Version.
CPU Type and Speed.
Memory Amount.
Video Card type and Driver Version.
Sound Card type and Driver Version.
DirectX Version.
Location that the Web Driver was installed from.
How to remove:
Since WildTangent loads into the Windows Control Panel its harder to remove then some items. Follow the directions below to remove it.
Manual Removal of Wild Tangent:
Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.
Click on the WildTangent selection and Change/Remove, Uninstall, or Add/Remove depending on the operating system.
Then follow the onscreen prompts to remove the WT Driver.
Run Hijackthis and fix or Remove the following line (if it exists):
04 - HKLM\..\Run: [WildTangent CDA] RUNDLL32.exe "C:\Program Files\WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll",cdaEngineMain
You might also have to use Hijackthis and remove the above line if you receive the following error message:
Error Loading C:\Program Files\WildTangent\apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400dll
This specified module could not be found
If the Control Panel icon or WildTangent folders still remain:
Remove the Wild Tangent Driver from the Control Panel if it still exists.
Click on Start, Run and type REGEDIT and press Enter.
Click on the Plus signs (+) next to the following sections:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Control Panel
Cpls
In the right hand column find the line for wtControlPanel, right click on it and Delete it.
Close the Windows Registry.
Delete the WildTangent folder in Program Files and Windows
Open My Computer.
Double-click on Drive C.
Double-click on Program Files.
Right-click on WildTangent and choose Delete (if the folder exists).
Go back to Drive C and double-click on Windows.
Right-click on the WT folder and choose Delete (if the folder exists).
