Why do tangent games come with viruses out of the box?

I just received this computer and saw it had some games already installed so I tryed them out. One Wild Tangent game (Diner Dash 2) had a trojan horse virus, and another had a different virus. How does a virus get attached to a game that has never been opened? I have since deleted all games associated with Wild Tangent.

IMHO I dont like games by WildTangent, may collect name, address, phone number, e-mail, and other contact information without the user's consent and could distribute the collected information with the user's consent. Concerns were also raised about the software's self-updating feature. Some popular antispyware programs detect the program during their scans, such as Spybot, which classifies it as a potentially unwanted program.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WildTangent
which OS do you have installed? If is Vista there is a great solution if not then uninstall them, btw they are not the best games you can find
Wild Tangent games is well-documented at a number of well-reputed malware databases and forums.
forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=2313
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The vendor's write-up about the information WildTangent collects: "We collect certain system configuration information through our software such as your computer's CPU speed, video card configuration, and DirectX version. We use this information to adjust the way our games and other software work in order to ensure their best possible performance. We also collect certain product usage information through our software such as the number of product launches and time spent playing a product.
How did WildTangent get on my computer?
WildTangent is an online video game software company with partnerships with many companies like HP, Dell, Compaq, Logitech, AOL, and others. We package our games with their products such as computers and computer peripherals. We do not install our software onto your computer without your knowledge and consent.
If you have found WildTangent software on your computer, but didn't install it, it was installed onto your computer in the following ways:
Your computer manufacturer, such as HP, Dell, Compaq, or Gateway, preinstalled the software and games on your computer.
Playing any of our games, like Polar Bowler, Blasterball or Tradewinds, or any AIM Games, like Lexibox and WildCards, will install WildTangent on your computer.
Trying one of our games from our website partners like MSN Gaming Zone, Yahoo and Shockwave. To view all our games, please go to our WildGames website.
Someone in your household, especially children, has played or downloaded any one of our games.
It is not possible for our software to automatically install itself on your computer; it must be installed specifically by one of the methods we list above.
http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/t...ent/result.php
Threat Name: WildTangent
Wild Tangent is a data miner\, and adware. It also automatically updates itself.
http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml
What is Wild Tangent?
Wild Tangent is a video game software company specializing in online games. It has even 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 to update itself and gather 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
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