What is ACDSee Pro 8?

ACDSee Pro 8 is software application developed by ACD Systems Ltd. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.88% of installations running this operating system. ACDSee Pro 8's installer is typically 90.00 MB in size and installs around 191 files. The most common release is 8.1.0.270 with 28.13% of all installations currently using this version.

ACDSee Pro 8 is most popular in the United States with 21.56% of installations residing in this country.

ACDSee Pro 8 adds 4 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 Pro 8 is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

CVShellSrv.exe runs as a service named 'CVShell Service' (CVShell Service).

Firewall:

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:

ACDSee11.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{4844B7DA-5C9E-4F59-8A4F-5A0446467F9F}' (runs on registration).
ACDSee9.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D645467F-C275-4025-81D7-465B6FAB5E26}' (runs on registration).
ACDSeePro25.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{459C88B0-E480-4540-8B85-3FE025267DA0}' (runs on registration).
ACDSeePro3.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EC8251F8-0814-4D8E-A863-D0F50D8812D3}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

ACDSeeCommander19.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
acdIDInTouch2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
ACDSeeCommander18.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ACDSeeCommander18.
ACDSeeProInTouch2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ACPW05DE.

Registry entries:

ACDSeeCommanderPro8.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ACDSeeCommanderPro8' and executes as C:\Program Files\ACD Systems\ACDSee Pro\8.0\ACDSeeCommanderPro8.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.
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.
ACDSeePro8.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 Pro\8.0\ACDSeePro8.exe /tray.
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".