profit42.com — The Windows version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta, downloaded legally from Adobe labs, secretly installs the bonjour service: mDNSResponder. This service sets up a P2P connection without your permission. You can remove it following the steps in the article without harming Photoshop.
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dannersJan 2, 2007
Good spot, wondered where that exe came from :)
t0nyJan 3, 2007
Its made by Apple to autosetup networks. Its not p2p. I think the window version is just for printers.
trunksterJan 3, 2007
Doesn't iTunes install this?
jdowdellJan 3, 2007
Sorry for the delay... I escalated this to the Photoshop team yesterday, and it looks like there's a Version Cue connection with Apple. I'll post solid info once I get it, but "afcool83" has the general gist of the sense I get internally on this subject.jd/adobe
jdowdellJan 4, 2007
Update: As often happens when a few paragraphs of text gets approved by a group, there are lots of edits and digressions in internal email... taking longer than I would have guessed. The core of it is that Apple's "Bonjour" software is indeed used, for connection to other local services in Version Cue. No info is tranferred to Adobe. We do need to document this better so that other folks aren't unduly alarmed when the software is actually released, so thanks for the datapoint here.jd/adobe
jdowdellJan 5, 2007
Update: Photoshop PM John Nack has info from Thomas DeMeo of the Version Cue team with more detailed info on what's going on in the preview release, here:<a class="user" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/01/cs3_doesnt_inst.html">http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/01/cs3_doesnt_inst.html</a>jd/adobe
afcool83Jan 6, 2007
great post, JD. Thanks for quelling the undue fear of mdns-zero-bonjour-dezvous-conf at the source.
0000hgulagMay 2, 2007
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0000hgulagMay 2, 2007
that's the place to take the bonjour sneakyware discussion.. thanks
googipoAug 5, 2007
ok, so it's not spyware, but It' still totally unacceptable that Adobe installs something like that without the user's permission. I've been thinking for a while about upgrading from Photoshop CS2 to the new CS3. After finding out about this, I've decided to stick with CS2. bye bye Adobe, you just lost a potential customer.
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