Did DW CS3 installer put this crap on my system???

A bit after installing DW CS3, my firewall popped an alert
that 'mdnsresponder.exe' tries to establish a connection to
something.
I was intrigued and did a quick search to find the following:
1. A new folder C:\Program Files\Bonjour, containing the
above mentioned mdnsresponder.exe and some .dll
I was pretty sure I never installed this, but to be 100% sure
I checked an image I created 3 days ago - there was no such folder.
I found that mdnsresponder.exe "is a process associated with
"Bonjour for Windows" software. It is used by ITunes for music
sharing."
2. .. and here comes the big surprise,
a service ???? set to start automatically ??!!!!?? , which
launches this file at every startup. The service has some idiotic
name like ##Id_String1.6844F930........................##.
Indeed I disabled it.
As DW CS3 is the only software I installed in the last month,
I'm pretty sure it put this crap on my system - is it true?
Anyone has something similar?
It is completely unacceptable, least to say, a program we pay
big bucks for to silently install crapware, adware and possibly
spyware on user systems, without any prompt or option to skip the
installation!
What comes next - a porn dialer ?

harpo_ wrote:
> A bit after installing DW CS3, my firewall popped an
alert that
> 'mdnsresponder.exe' tries to establish a connection to
something.
>
> I was intrigued and did a quick search to find the
following:
> 1. A new folder C:\Program Files\Bonjour, containing the
above mentioned
> mdnsresponder.exe and some .dll
> I was pretty sure I never installed this, but to be 100%
sure I checked an
> image I created 3 days ago - there was no such folder.
> I found that mdnsresponder.exe "is a process associated
with "Bonjour for
> Windows" software. It is used by ITunes for music
sharing."
>
> 2. .. and here comes the big surprise,
a service ???? set to start
> automatically ??!!!!?? , which launches this file
at every startup. The
> service has some idiotic name like
> ##Id_String1.6844F930........................##.
> Indeed I disabled it.
>
> As DW CS3 is the only software I installed in the last
month, I'm pretty sure
> it put this crap on my system - is it true?
> Anyone has something similar?
>
> It is completely unacceptable, least to say, a program
we pay big bucks for to
> silently install crapware, adware and possibly spyware
on user systems,
> without any prompt or option to skip the installation!
>
> What comes next - a porn dialer ?
>
Yep, I have it too! Same date/time I was installing DW CS3.
What gives?
Harvey

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Now this took us weeks to make. Notice you have three different types of installers with different command line switches. there isn't even a set of NI standards. It took us a long, long time to put this together, trying an install and wiping the PC clean over and over and over until we finally came up with this...
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Message Edited by billings11 on 10-09-2007 02:17 PM
-Devin
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To recap, here is Andrew's previous response:
You are correct in pointing out that NI's MSIs do not function as normal MSIs. We made the decision to create functionality which would extend MSI and allow us to create more robust installers. Our current installer framework acts as a supervisor over the installation. It has the ability to mark and match dependencies (more functionality than the MSI reference count) which are important when other NI products are being installed or if any product is uninstalled. The installer framework also provides a lookup service to all of the MSIs which can provide any installer with specific information about other NI products installed on the machine, paths to those products, etc. The framework gives the ability for groups within NI to create separate installation parts (MSIs) which can be brought together into one installer without recreating a single distribution MSI from scratch.
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Thanks again for your comments and have a great day!
Andrew W
Software R&D
National Instruments
Cheers,
David Goldberg
National Instruments
Software R&D

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I am reinstalling Adobe CS3 on my machine after a rebuild. Windows 7.
After I insert installation disk 3 and hit ok I receive an error "Adobe CS3 installation has stopped working" and the installation process closes.
Any thoughts as to how I may proceed?
Dani Amendola

you could try different installation files.
if you follow all 7 steps, you can dl a trial via one of the links on this page: http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html
and activate with your serial number.
if you have a dl problem, you didn't follow all 7 steps. typically, failure to meticulously follow steps 1,2 and/or 3 is the problem.

CS3 installation issues

I'm attempting to downgrade from 5.0.4 to 5.0.3 to see if it resolves some lock-up issues. I'm running under 10.5.5.
When I use my original ID disk image (purchased via download) and run the Setup.app, it starts to install, but then asks me to insert a *CS4* disk. I cannot continue from that point.
I do have a ID CS4 trial installed, as well as Acrobat 9. But I don't understand why the original CS3 installer is failing.
Thanks,
Ray

Thanks for the heads up, Bob.
I like Adobe and love InDesign, but must say that this company's installers and updaters are among the worst in the industry....
Ray

Did DW CS3 installer put this crap on my system???

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