On Apr 16, 3:06 pm, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nosp...@Verizon.Net>
wrote:
> From: "Rhonda Lea Kirk" <rhonda...@gmail.com>
>
> | "Mark" <makol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> |news:1176752312.207411.58260@y5g2000hsa.googlegro ups.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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I think it may be looking for updates of the DOCUMENT but not updates
of Adobe..

Yes I can stop it with my firewall but then it waits about 30 seconds
to time out before the doc opens.

So as a test, I let it go through one time with no actual private info
filled in. It contacted whatever it does, and now it doesn't try
anymore, so I don't know... I think it maybe checking for an updated
version of the document, not of Adobe, but I could be worng.

thanks
Mark