Comodo reports acrobat, dreamweaver try to connect internet? why

They're possible supposed to do that. Check your configuration.

And please, get rid of this Comodo thingie.

Auto update checks? Yes they do. Newer versions use a version of FLEXnet from macrovision for licensing. This runs at startup and if deleted is created again. You might see it using Task Manager called FNPLicensingService.

All software has a mechanism to check for updates, either by a timestamp, or an event... either it does it automatically, or you initiate it...

RedForeman

what does service do? does it report to adobe serials, activation information and all that stuff?

but why run the serivce if you can just initiate it yourself. running more and more services on a pc just boggs it down. and do we really know that this is all its doing?

An increasing number of programs incorporates update mechanisms, but it's still far from "all software".

In most cases it's not implemented as a service, but as a function that checks for updates whenever the program is started.

No. Not unless you inspect the traffic at least.

cu

1. The service probably just updates the specific files that 'have' updates available... do you realize what an update is and/or how it works? how they communicate?

1. You have the option of running it yourself, you don't have the option of turning the automatic update process off, thus the 'automatic' part.... Don't know, that's just the way it was written... Do we know? Not until you inspect the packets going across the wire and find out...

Don't be so paranoid... if you wanna know for sure, dig up some info, read it, and start looking at the packets...

RedForeman