CS4ServiceManager How to remove?

I just installed Lion a couple days ago and now everytime I restart I get the following dialog box and somehow Software Update is launched but when I hit OK in the db, the db quits and so does Software Update.
What is this and why is it happening and how do I get rid of this behavior?
Please!
Thanks
--Jeff

This was an issue for me after upgrading to Mountain Lion, so I thought I'd provide the solution that worked for me. 
CS4ServiceManager is an always-on software version updater from Adobe; it runs in the background and starts when you boot your Mac. It requires the Java run-time which, like Adobe Flash, has been identified by Kaspersky as a security risk and disabled in the default OSX install by Apple.  It's also a drag on performance, and is just one more process I don't really need on my computer.  The downside is that I may be running a version without the very Adobe latest patches, which may be important if you're a heavy Adobe app user.
To disable the software, open a Terminal window and type the following:
launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
The command line utility launchctl is an administrative tool to load, unload agents and daemons that OSX starts at boot time. The arguments 'unload -w' removes the specified program, kills it if it's currently running, and saves (writes) the change to disk so that it's permanent.
You can also find (and remove if you choose) ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/###CS4ServiceManager - on my system I renamed it rather than removed it entirely.
I use Adobe Elements 8 and haven't seen any issues since removing CS4ServiceManager.

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