General Question about Security Warning from WildTangent

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M.Siler

I know this isn't the best NG for this question, but I don't know what other
NG would be better. I'm running Windows XP Pro and I found the following
game:
http://register.wildtangent.com/eco...&prdguid=D6949518-A562-4307-A554-AC60D1E2A589

When I try to play it online I get the following Security Warning windows:
Do you want to install and run "WildTangent Web Driver". My Search &
Destroy finds files from WildTangent. Therefore, I'm not sure if this is an
okay company or not??

Is there away to agree to their driver, but limit what it does to my system
or where it can go? If it is Spyware how do I know what it is doing? How
can I play the game but stop it from doing "bad" things to my system?
 
It's a good idea to ask before installing. The best I can say after
perusing the groups via google searching is that:

1) the Wild Tangent web driver "phones home" to Wild Tangent servers
2) it seems to be difficult to uninstall, according to reports

Both of these are signatures of spyware, but they are not outright
condemnation of Wild Tangent. I would suggest you read their user
agreement quite carefully, although I can't say why you should trust
them to abide by their stated agreements.

If anyone else has more than suspicions about Wild Tangent, please jump
in.
 
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