Now and then I use IOBit Game Booster. When I have finished the game,
I tell the booster to revert to normal mode. This switches back on the
processes that were stopped to allow more performance for the game.
When these processes start I get a window labelled Software Manager,
and in the status bar it says
Copyright (C) 1997-2009 Acresso Software Inc. and/or InstallShield Co.
Inc.
The window also states
The Software Manager keeps your programs up-to-date with the latest
security patches, inprovements, and bug fixes.
In the settings there is a list pf programs which the program checks
for updates ever day at 10:00 am.
This is the only time I ever get any mention of this program, so I did
a bit of investigation on my pc.
In the registry an entry under acresso reads
LocalServer32: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\FlexNet\Connect\11\ISDM.exe
ProgID: FNNClientDownloadManager11Lib.ISFile.1
VersionIndependantProgID: FNNClientDownloadManager11Lib.ISFile.1
It does not appear on the list of programs, in Control Panel Add or
Remove programs, Program Files.
The only place is in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\FlexNet, which contains the programs ISDM.exe and ISUSPM.exe
under Connect\11, and the program ISUSPM.exe is in all users start
menu.
There are two instances of ISUSPM.exe listed in Task Manager
Processes.
I have removed the entry from the start menu until I find out more
about it.
I have not installed this and wondered where it came from. Is it
something I should be wary of ?
Searching the web seems to indicate that it is nothing to worry about,
but I would like confirmation if possible.
I also gather from the web that to remove it InstallShield should be
removed.
I am quite happy to leave in on my pc, but not to automatcally start
with Windows.
