I have got a Viewpoint toolbar installed in my browser. What gave Viewpoint the right to install their toolbar – I don't want it – and how did it happen?
Penny Dakin
Viewpoint claims it can only be installed with your permission. However, its website also says it is "required with installation of AOL, AIM, current versions of the Netscape web browser, certain Adobe products, and some retail computers".
Toolbars are generally not worth having, so companies often try to sneak them past you by bundling them with something you want – even Google's toolbar. You might have agreed to install Viewpoint without meaning to, because you didn't notice you had to untick a box to stop it. It should be possible to uninstall it using the Windows Control Panel utility, Add or Remove Programs.
It is a good idea to reboot and run SuperAntiSpyware straight afterwards. If you've installed one thing without realising it, you might have installed something else as well.
