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02/13/2005 12:15:44 PM · #1
When I run Photoshop, which I installed from the setup disc several days ago (I did have it for 30 days downloaded on a trial first), I have two processes created in memory:

~e5d141.tmp
~e5d141.tmp

running from my local temp directory.

Can someone running photoshop in XP check their process list and see if you have something like this running? It definitely is tied in with PS, but it could be something associated with an action or plugin I have loaded. Before I start ditching them all, I want to know if anyone else has this.

I think your file name might be different, but it will be a .tmp running in memory, not the usual .exe

And interestingly, the first time I caught this a while ago, I killed the processes, and then when I tried to close PS it told me that there wass a problem with the activation software that I should uninstall and install. But I closed it, reran, and it didn't complain. Yet the processes came back. So am I doomed to be running these two rogue processes every time I run PS CS?

Thanks in advance,

Neil
02/13/2005 12:19:40 PM · #2
This may shed some light on it.
//www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=55697
02/13/2005 12:31:43 PM · #3
When I first installed Norton's Internet Security I got a message saying something was at risk everytime I opened PS CS while I was online.
02/13/2005 12:37:35 PM · #4
Thanks, the wildersecurity.com thread explains it's part of the copy protection. Though I am not happy about it. If I had known about this, I may not have bought CS. Seems to me a security risk and nightmare, not to mention waste of process time.

It's tempting to go find a hack for this so I am not bothered by this abuse of my system. I wonder if it's legal to use a hacked system as long as you really own it. Probably the DMCA makes it illegal.

02/13/2005 01:00:52 PM · #5
Originally posted by nshapiro:

Thanks, the wildersecurity.com thread explains it's part of the copy protection. Though I am not happy about it. If I had known about this, I may not have bought CS. Seems to me a security risk and nightmare, not to mention waste of process time.

It's tempting to go find a hack for this so I am not bothered by this abuse of my system. I wonder if it's legal to use a hacked system as long as you really own it. Probably the DMCA makes it illegal.

It appears that Adobe is using the Macrovision SafeCast licensing manager to request a license every time you run the product--not just the first time after installing. Seems kind of silly to me. Some bright 6th grader has probably already come up with a hack to circumvent it.

It makes me wonder if the software can be used on a laptop that doesn't have access to the net.


02/13/2005 01:31:35 PM · #6
Do you have to have a connection to run the program ? if not just disable the internet.
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