Photoshop CS2 tryout version available now

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Marc Pawliger
Apr 28, 2005
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http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

–marc

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Ron
Apr 28, 2005
"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

–marc

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

Shouldn’t this be documented somewhere? You won’t be
scoring any points with network admins, most of whom
will (or at least should) flag it as malware.
EG
Eric Gill
Apr 28, 2005
"John" wrote in
news:LB1ce.495$:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
news:280420050039281943%
http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

–marc

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

Shouldn’t this be documented somewhere? You won’t be
scoring any points with network admins, most of whom
will (or at least should) flag it as malware.

….and for blocking, if it cannot be deleted without munging Photoshop.
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Hecate
Apr 28, 2005
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:23:16 GMT, Eric Gill
wrote:

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

Shouldn’t this be documented somewhere? You won’t be
scoring any points with network admins, most of whom
will (or at least should) flag it as malware.

…and for blocking, if it cannot be deleted without munging Photoshop.

You should be able to block it using a firewall. Whether PS will still run is a moot point though.



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Marc Pawliger
Apr 29, 2005
In article <LB1ce.495$>, John
wrote:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

"John",

This service cleans up any temporary files left by Photoshop. It runs as s separate process while Photoshop CS2 runs, and quits after Photoshop CS2 quits.

You say "apparently monitors" – it does no such thing. What is your reason for saying it does?

Shouldn’t this be documented somewhere? You won’t be
scoring any points with network admins, most of whom
will (or at least should) flag it as malware.

Photoshop CS2 can be configured by users to access Version Cue servers (the asset management servers that are part of CS and CS2) and that may cause some network activity at Photoshop CS2 launch. However this is only done when the user configures Photoshop CS2 to access these servers – it does not do so by default.

–marc
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Ron
Apr 29, 2005
"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
In article <LB1ce.495$>, John
wrote:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

This service cleans up any temporary files left by Photoshop. It runs as s separate process while Photoshop CS2 runs, and quits after Photoshop CS2 quits.

Why would such a utility, if that’s all it does, be written by Macrovision? You’re claiming it doesn’t do any kind of
network monitoring related to licensing and/or activation?

You say "apparently monitors" – it does no such thing. What is your reason for saying it does?

From publicly available information on Cleanup.exe, and from the utility’s copyright notice. Again, why would a simple file cleanup util need to come from Macrovision?

If you search Google you’ll find cases of Macrovision’s
Cleanup.exe causing system slowdowns and crashes, and
inquiries from concerned network admins about what this
utility does.

Shouldn’t this be documented somewhere? You won’t be
scoring any points with network admins, most of whom
will (or at least should) flag it as malware.

Photoshop CS2 can be configured by users to access Version Cue servers (the asset management servers that are part of CS and CS2) and that may cause some network activity at Photoshop CS2 launch. However this is only done when the user configures Photoshop CS2 to access these servers – it does not do so by default.

Thanks for the info.

John
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Marc Pawliger
Apr 30, 2005
In article <dzlce.1513$>, John
wrote:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
In article <LB1ce.495$>, John
wrote:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

This service cleans up any temporary files left by Photoshop. It runs as s separate process while Photoshop CS2 runs, and quits after Photoshop CS2 quits.

Why would such a utility, if that’s all it does, be written by Macrovision? You’re claiming it doesn’t do any kind of
network monitoring related to licensing and/or activation?

It does not perform any network activity at all. Again, what evidence do you have that it does, as you claim it "apparently" does?

You say "apparently monitors" – it does no such thing. What is your reason for saying it does?

From publicly available information on Cleanup.exe

What is this utility and what does it have to do with your apparent report? A Google search for "cleanup.exe" says it is a utility to remove temporary internet files, browser cookies, etc.

and from
the utility’s copyright notice. Again, why would a simple file cleanup util need to come from Macrovision?

If you search Google you’ll find cases of Macrovision’s
Cleanup.exe causing system slowdowns and crashes, and
inquiries from concerned network admins about what this
utility does.

I fail to see the relation between this cleanup.exe and what we are discussing.

–marc
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Ron
Apr 30, 2005
"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
In article <dzlce.1513$>, John
wrote:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
In article <LB1ce.495$>, John
wrote:

"Marc Pawliger" wrote in message
http://www.adobe.com/products/tryadobe/main.jsp#product=39 The Windows version is available now.
The Mac version had some minor problems while getting it ready to post and will be available shortly.

Marc, any comments on Adobelm_Cleanup.0001? It’s a
renamed executable, has a Macrovision Europe copyright
notice, and apparently monitors networks for multiple
instances of PS running on the same subnet.

This service cleans up any temporary files left by Photoshop. It runs as s separate process while Photoshop CS2 runs, and quits after Photoshop CS2 quits.

Why would such a utility, if that’s all it does, be written by Macrovision? You’re claiming it doesn’t do any kind of
network monitoring related to licensing and/or activation?

It does not perform any network activity at all. Again, what evidence do you have that it does, as you claim it "apparently" does?
You say "apparently monitors" – it does no such thing. What is your reason for saying it does?

It was a guess. Given the complete absence of documentation from Adobe, the rest of us are forced to grovel in the dark (and assume the worst btw, considering the utility comes from Macrovision and not Adobe).

Direct answers to the following would be appreciated:

Is Adobelm_Cleanup related to PS licensing and/or activation? Are these the "temporary files" you keep referring to?

Why does it use CPU cycles every 10-15 seconds while PS
is active? If it’s not monitoring, then what is it doing?

Why does it operate in stealth mode (i.e. with a .0001 file extension)? What’s the point of that, except to make network and system admins nervous?

Why have no PS versions prior to CS2 used it?
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jscheimpflug
Apr 30, 2005
"John" wrote in message

Direct answers to the following would be appreciated:

Is Adobelm_Cleanup related to PS licensing and/or activation?

Almost certainly not. Adobe PS’ creates the licensing executable when it starts up.

Are these the "temporary files" you keep referring to?

You know that PS9 uses scratch files.

Why does it use CPU cycles every 10-15 seconds while PS
is active? If it’s not monitoring, then what is it doing?

Is this Computer Programming 101? Images are often active – polling for events, for example.

Why have no PS versions prior to CS2 used it?

It’s called progress.

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