From: "Rhonda Lea Kirk" <rhondalea@gmail.com>

| "Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| news:1176752312.207411.58260@y5g2000hsa.googlegrou ps.com
>> On Apr 16, 9:32 am, Default User <defa...@user1.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 16 Apr 2007 06:19:46 -0700, "Mark" <makol...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What info are they collecting when I open these Adobe tax forms from
>>>> my local drive?
>>>
>>> Adobe is probably attempting to update.
>>>
>>>> Can I edit something in the file to stop this so I don't have to
>>>> wait for it to time out each time I open a form?
>>>
>>> In Adobe 8.0, choose Help/Check for Updates... and then choose
>>> preferences in the window that opens. Uncheck "Automatically check
>>> for Adobe updates". If you are using anything below 8.0, you should
>>> update your reader.
>>>
>>>> And I want to express my outrage about this spyware!!
>>>
>>> It's not spyware, but they do make it a pain in the ass to turn
>>> auto-updates off.
>>
>> Thanks for the replies.
>>
>> I do not think it is an update issue for these reasons:
>>
>> 1) I have updates set for don't check automatically
|
| I'm not talking about it checking automatically, on a schedule.
|
| I'm talking about Adobe Reader trying to update itself because you're
| online.
|
>> 2) This happens only with these .pdfs I downloaded from PA.
|
| I went to the site and tried filling in the form myself. I watched
| TCPView the entire time, and the program never tried to connect to
| Akamai, because my program is entirely up to date.
|
>> Therefore I do not think the issue is updates...
|
| I think it is.
|
>> Can I use a text or hex editor to modify the .pfd files to remove the
>> scripting?
>>
>> How do I determine what information they are trying to get?
|
| Someone else will have to help you there, but can't you block it from
| going out with your firewall?
|

I agree with Rhonda.

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Dave
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