Wild Tangent slows computer

kimgcampbell

I noticed that my Acer E3-111 CG5L laptop would run slow from time to time. Even the touch pad, or a USB mouse was jerky; loading complex web pages was agonizing. I wrongly thought it was because I only had 2 GIG of RAM. Two days ago, I,checked Task Manager and fiund that a file in the Wild Tamgent games was using 40-60+% of the system resources. Deleting Wild Tangent from Programs and Features in Control Panel gave an immdiate boost to performance. Even video and previously jerky web pages played on an attached monitor are now smooth.

Do yourself a favor. Delete Wild Tangent.

philetus

I've always associated Wild Tangent with malware. Check that it didn't install any other "goodies".

kimgcampbell

Agreed. I was not aware of that in the beginning. i wonder why Acer decided to load it onto their machines? I will double check with my antivirus tonight.