- #HOW TO BLOCK ALL COREL PRODUCTS FROM INTERNET PRO#
- #HOW TO BLOCK ALL COREL PRODUCTS FROM INTERNET SOFTWARE#
- #HOW TO BLOCK ALL COREL PRODUCTS FROM INTERNET PSP#
Moved rather than deleted the files in case it caused a problem IĬould simply move the files back rather than reinstall the program. I reallyĭon't think it's harming anything anyways.
#HOW TO BLOCK ALL COREL PRODUCTS FROM INTERNET PSP#
Necessary to uninstall PSP XI to get rid of the process. I started PSP XI and it ran fine so it is not I rebooted and the PSIService.exe process was
#HOW TO BLOCK ALL COREL PRODUCTS FROM INTERNET PRO#
Then went to the Paint Shop Pro Photo XI under Program Files and Moved the PSIKey.dll and PSIService.exe files to another folder. Unnecessary to go to the extremes you did. Prevent illegal copying but if you want to remove it, it is I believe we are overreacting to this since it is there only to I found it and was able to remove it without uninstalling PSP XI. Now I wonder: what is real purpose of Protexis? What else to assume as: for spying. One is for sure: Protexis doesn't prevent PSP being pirated and I'm sure Corel knoew that. even worse: user doesn't know of it's existence. Thinking further, Protexis is similar to (well known in the past) Gator malware: once installed, very difficult to remove. well, I'm not sure that's allways true -fact is, we don't know what is being sent to them. Software developers describe that as a feature: auto check for update, etc. That means, those who doesn't have such protection (and are connected to internet) simply cannot know that connection was established and that some data was shared to someone.
#HOW TO BLOCK ALL COREL PRODUCTS FROM INTERNET SOFTWARE#
Having outbound protection, I've noticed almost all commercial software tries to connect to internet automatically (being while installing or later when using software). The background - and uses a little system resources. The fact that Protexis is running on your system - as if youĭisable it, then PSP isn't going to run. If you want to use PSP XI, then you've probably got to put up with I don't object to drm in principle - but I do object to drm being "sneaked" on to user's systems in the way Corel have done it.ĪFAIK "Protexis" does not communicate directly with Corel orĪnybody else, and if you block PSP from outgoing connection in your I'm pretty sure that a deliberate decision was made to do it the way they have because they want "protexis" running on as many machines as possible - so that they can use this as leverage to sell their system to other clients like Corel as a "de-facto" universal drm solution - as they'll be able to claim that the core of the system is already running on xx% (probably already a significant %) of computers. The explanation that I've seen for why they did it this way doesn't wash with me at all - it would have been very easy for them to do it properly. My main annoyance is that the Protexis software - due to probably deliberate decisions made (rather than omission) - does not uninstall from a user's system when the program it "protects" is uninstalled. It runs as a service in the background - and uses a little system resources. If you want to use PSP XI, then you've probably got to put up with the fact that Protexis is running on your system - as if you disable it, then PSP isn't going to run. It's probably a little extreme to call it "snooping".ĪFAIK "Protexis" does not communicate directly with Corel or anybody else, and if you block PSP from outgoing connection in your firewall, then it still works fine.