What is ACDSee 18?

ACDSee 18 is software application developed by ACD Systems Ltd. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 66.14% of installations running this operating system. ACDSee 18's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 222 files. The most common release is 18.4.0.251 with 28.62% of all installations currently using this version.

ACDSee 18 is most popular in Germany with 35.15% of installations residing in this country.

ACDSee 18 adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, ACDSee 18 is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

ACDSee Free.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee Free\ACDSee Free.exe'.
ACDSeeProInTouch2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee Pro\5.0\ACDSeeProInTouch2.exe'.
acdIDInTouch2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\17.0\acdIDInTouch2.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

ACDSee14.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BD8268E5-06AA-4A03-907E-A836C78344B0}' (runs on registration).
ACDSee10.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F6292316-8EF2-4787-9C89-5BB134EF473A}' (runs on registration).
ACDSee15.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{75642DB7-BF1C-4F88-A8B0-138E2DA03F84}' (runs on registration).
ACDSee12.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{142D5D49-FEB4-47E2-985A-D68120810766}' (runs on registration).
ACDSee9.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D645467F-C275-4025-81D7-465B6FAB5E26}' (runs on registration).
ACDSee Free.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0491DA1A-A728-4D8E-AD83-159CD7C13FEC}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

ACDSeeCommander18.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ACDSeeCommander18.
acdIDInTouch2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ACSW18DE_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.
ACDSeeProInTouch2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ACPW05DE.

Registry entries:

ACDSeeCommander18.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACDSeeCommander18' and executes as C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\18.0\ACDSeeCommander18.exe.
ACDSeeCommander19.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACDSeeCommander19' and executes as C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\19.0\ACDSeeCommander19.exe.
ACDSeeIndexer18.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACDSee' and executes as C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\18.0\ACDSeeIndexer18.exe /tray.
ACDSeeSR.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACDSeeSRPro5' and executes as "C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee Pro\5.0\ACDSeeSR.exe".
acdIDInTouch2.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACSW17EN' and executes as "C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\17.0\acdIDInTouch2.exe".
ACDSeeSR12.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACDSeeSR12' and executes as "C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee\12.0\ACDSeeSR12.exe".