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Safe to remove Adobe files?

I've just found two Adobe items I don't recognise in my launchpad - AdobeGCClient and AdobeCleanUpUtility. I've tried searching for them in Spotlight and all I can find is a folder called 'AdobeGCData', which was created on 24 March 2021 in Users/Shared/AdobeGCData.


I genuinely can't think of any Adobe related products I would have downloaded recently. At one stage I had the Creative Cloud free trial, but that's about it. I did not install anything on 24 March - in fact the time the folder was creative would have been a minute or so after I turned on my laptop.


Is there another way to locate Adobe files?

Is it safe to delete them once I do?

Is is bad that the AdobeGCData folder is in my shared folder/could either of these files be malware?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 15, 2021 6:21 AM

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Posted on Apr 15, 2021 7:43 AM

AdobeGCClient (Adobe Genuine Copy Validation Client Application) is a process that checks for pirated Adobe software and tampering of Adobe program files.


AdobeCleanUpUtility is for removing Adobe SW...


About halfway down this page...

https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-for-enterprise-users.html#:~:text=The%20tool%20can%20remove%20all,All


Find Any File...


http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php


Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.

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Apr 15, 2021 7:43 AM in response to LAR_

AdobeGCClient (Adobe Genuine Copy Validation Client Application) is a process that checks for pirated Adobe software and tampering of Adobe program files.


AdobeCleanUpUtility is for removing Adobe SW...


About halfway down this page...

https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-for-enterprise-users.html#:~:text=The%20tool%20can%20remove%20all,All


Find Any File...


http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php


Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.

Safe to remove Adobe files?

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