Comments on: Adobe Media Player Released http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ZCZC http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-1038148 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:06:12 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-1038148 <a href="http://www.ruantui.cn/fenlei/1/" rel="nofollow">窃听器</a> 窃听器

]]> by: CHUCK LINDBERG http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-805198 Sun, 25 May 2008 20:01:02 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-805198 TO UNINSTALL AIR AND AMP FROM MY INSTALL / TRYOUT A DAY AGO, I USED "REVO" UNINSTALLER, A FREE APPLICATION. AFTER RUNNING THE APP'S BUILT IN UNINSTALLER, REVO RUNS A DEEPER SCAN FOR LEFTOVERS - I SET IT FOR THE DEEPEST SETTING AND AMP HAD LEFT JUST UNDER 800 ITEMS BEHIND. I THEN RAN A REGISTRY CLEANER AND FOUND AN F4V DEFAUT IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY. FINALLY, I RAN A DIFFERENT DISK CLEANER AND FOUND AN IDENTIFIABLE DEAD LINK IN "ALL USERS". THERE MAY STILL BE SOME EMPTY FOLDERS LEFT ABOUT BUT I THINK THAT TOOK CARE OF IT. TO UNINSTALL AIR AND AMP FROM MY INSTALL / TRYOUT A DAY AGO, I USED “REVO” UNINSTALLER, A FREE APPLICATION. AFTER RUNNING THE APP’S BUILT IN UNINSTALLER, REVO RUNS A DEEPER SCAN FOR LEFTOVERS - I SET IT FOR THE DEEPEST SETTING AND AMP HAD LEFT JUST UNDER 800 ITEMS BEHIND. I THEN RAN A REGISTRY CLEANER AND FOUND AN F4V DEFAUT IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY. FINALLY, I RAN A DIFFERENT DISK CLEANER AND FOUND AN IDENTIFIABLE DEAD LINK IN “ALL USERS”. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME EMPTY FOLDERS LEFT ABOUT BUT I THINK THAT TOOK CARE OF IT.

]]> by: Ali http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-703566 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-703566 I am unable to play The Hills episodes on the Adobe Media Player =( why is this so? I am unable to play The Hills episodes on the Adobe Media Player =( why is this so?

]]> by: Matt Thrasher http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-666330 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:50:59 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-666330 The uninstaller for Adobe Air doesn't uninstall everything, including the media player. If ound stuff left in ~application support. I agree with Kersh, Adobe Air/Media Player is a virus The uninstaller for Adobe Air doesn’t uninstall everything, including the media player. If ound stuff left in ~application support. I agree with Kersh, Adobe Air/Media Player is a virus

]]> by: LZW http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-659350 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:06:25 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-659350 I've never heard of adobe air until this very moment but it reminds me of the time I decided to try Apple Safari for Windows... I quickly uninstalled it but later found some trojan/spyware like thing on my computer and traced it back to safari. Not saying it was malwar, it just looked bad in a security audit. (client/server app left running as a background app after trying to remove apple software) Is Adobe Air like that? It does not look like Adobe Media Player is an ad supported app from the picture with this story but screen shots I've seen on other sites tell another story. They show banner ads from coke. Maybe you have to subscribe to CSI or something before you get ads but I think they will be coming. I remember in the 90's, Adobe was a highly admired software company. There Photoshop program was practically considered 'the standard' with graphic professionals and their software installations were so reliable, they could be considered portable. For example, you could install Adobe Pagemill on drive D:, format C:, reinstall Windows and Pagemill would run fine... Did not even need reinstalled. They take over programs like Dreamweaver and Flash but why? Maybe they improve those programs but their own traditional programs like Photoshop seem to suffer as a consequence. I’ve never heard of adobe air until this very moment but it reminds me of the time I decided to try Apple Safari for Windows… I quickly uninstalled it but later found some trojan/spyware like thing on my computer and traced it back to safari.

Not saying it was malwar, it just looked bad in a security audit. (client/server app left running as a background app after trying to remove apple software) Is Adobe Air like that?

It does not look like Adobe Media Player is an ad supported app from the picture with this story but screen shots I’ve seen on other sites tell another story. They show banner ads from coke. Maybe you have to subscribe to CSI or something before you get ads but I think they will be coming.

I remember in the 90’s, Adobe was a highly admired software company. There Photoshop program was practically considered ‘the standard’ with graphic professionals and their software installations were so reliable, they could be considered portable. For example, you could install Adobe Pagemill on drive D:, format C:, reinstall Windows and Pagemill would run fine… Did not even need reinstalled.

They take over programs like Dreamweaver and Flash but why? Maybe they improve those programs but their own traditional programs like Photoshop seem to suffer as a consequence.

]]> by: Kresh http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-659209 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:58:19 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-659209 Adobe has responded to me and told me that their LiveDocs information was wrong, and since I have posted this comment on the first fifty news items I could find on Google, I think I should follow up with the information they sent me: "Sorry for the trouble. Please note that Adobe Media Player is an application built on AIR, so AIR is required to install and use AMP. The uninstaller is actually located in the /Application/Utilities folder." Adobe has responded to me and told me that their LiveDocs information was wrong, and since I have posted this comment on the first fifty news items I could find on Google, I think I should follow up with the information they sent me:

“Sorry for the trouble. Please note that Adobe Media Player is an
application built on AIR, so AIR is required to install and use AMP.

The uninstaller is actually located in the /Application/Utilities
folder.”

]]> by: Kresh http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-659158 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:23:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5580#comment-659158 My only complaint is that Adobe acts like a virus. I did not have Adobe Air installed and when I installed AMP so Air had to be installed as well. After playing with AMP, and not being able to get any of the CSI stuff to play, I uninstalled AMP. There was no provision to uninstall Air. I went to the Adobe website and looked through their LiveDocs and they direct you to run the uninstaller located in my /Applications folder. As you can imagine, it is not there. I download the Air installer hoping to install AIR again along with the uninstaller, but it says my version is up to date and quits. Adobe does not provide a link to download the uninstaller. So what makes Adobe different from any other virus that I might pick-up. It it is hidden on my system, I can't uninstall it, and I don't know what it is doing in the back ground. Thankfully I have Little Snitch and have denied Air access to the Internet. I am through with Adobe and I hope it does not make it to my iPhone or my iPod Touch. My only complaint is that Adobe acts like a virus.

I did not have Adobe Air installed and when I installed AMP so Air had to be installed as well.

After playing with AMP, and not being able to get any of the CSI stuff to play, I uninstalled AMP. There was no provision to uninstall Air.

I went to the Adobe website and looked through their LiveDocs and they direct you to run the uninstaller located in my /Applications folder. As you can imagine, it is not there.

I download the Air installer hoping to install AIR again along with the uninstaller, but it says my version is up to date and quits.

Adobe does not provide a link to download the uninstaller.

So what makes Adobe different from any other virus that I might pick-up. It it is hidden on my system, I can’t uninstall it, and I don’t know what it is doing in the back ground. Thankfully I have Little Snitch and have denied Air access to the Internet.

I am through with Adobe and I hope it does not make it to my iPhone or my iPod Touch.

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