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I only run their software in a Windows VM since it installs background services (AAMUpdater, AdobeGCClient) that don't go away even after uninstalling and using
by laurentdc 6y ago
I only run their software in a Windows VM since it installs background services (AAMUpdater, AdobeGCClient) that don't go away even after uninstalling and using their cleanup tool. Not to mention the terrible cloud integration that hangs Chrome after trying to rebuild the font cache out of nowhere.
It's pretty much spyware behavior at this point. Like with certain video games DRM, Adobe software is one of those cases where the pirated version is actually better than the paid one.
- fouc 6y agoIn general I think we should all be running every single app in their own VMs. And in the oldest or most basic OS possible. Something like Windows XP.
- pjmlp 6y agoYeah, something like a sandbox!
- thejynxed 6y agoYou do not want to run such things in an XP VM if you can help it. XP is such a hot mess security wise that flaws in it allowed attackers to break VM sandboxing more than once.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoEh what? Bypassing VM sandboxing demonstrates a vulnerability in the VM host, not the VM guest.
- josteink 6y ago> In general I think we should all be running every single app in their own VMs. Qubes OS says hello. https://www.qubes-os.org/ https://www.qubes-os.org/
- Sevaris 6y agoI always really liked the idea of Sandboxie (https://www.sandboxie.com/ https://www.sandboxie.com/) where you can run any and every application in its own sandbox, but I was never convinced that its security was as strong as it promised to be. I wish MS would implement something like this.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoThat’s what Microsoft App-V does.
- Sevaris 6y agohttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/app-v/appv-getting-started https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-managem... This seems totally unsuited to desktop non-enterprise use.