What is WildTangent Web Driver?
WildTangent is a games media company specializing in online computer games. Its WildTangent Web Driver allows the user to play 3D games over the Internet, but it has also gained notoriety as a very difficult program to remove.WildTangent HistoryWildTangent was founded in 1998. By 2008, it was distributing more than 800 games from more than 100 developers, and had instituted a proprietary currency (WildCoins) with which users can purchase access to games.WildTangent WebDriverThe WebDriver is the front-end for WildTangent’s games network and is frequently installed as part of a bundle with other software. In 2003, WildTangent teamed with AOL to install the WebDriver as part of AOL’s Instant Messenger. The WebDriver was also pre-installed on certain Hewlett-Packard models of desktop computers.Unusual FunctionsWildTangent connects automatically to the Internet to download software updates, and sometimes collects system configuration information and usage statistics from the user’s computer
