apdproxy.exe is part of various software products from Adobe Systems. This program monitors digitral cameras and flash drives attached to your computer and prompts you to download photos from these devices if it detects any. If you do not wish to use this program you may safely stop and remove it from your computer. 

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510 users ask for this file. 7 users rated it as not dangerous. 5 users rated it as not so dangerous. 6 users rated it as neutral. 4 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 2 users rated it as dangerous. 6 users didn't rate it ("don't know").

All comments about apdproxy.exe: Adobe Photo Downloader   Associated with Adobe Photo Downloader   This is the Adobe Photo Downloader which interacts with attached cameras or Flash (e.g., MMC, SD-RAM) drives.  See also: Link   Chris McIntosh Downloader for Adobe Photoshop. Can be disabled. Not in preferences options what should normally be but manually. Look in the link on www.adobe.com to see how.  See also: Link   Bert It installed itself with photshop annoying and can't get rid of it   Tom I found this program to be slow and a memory hog. You only seem to need it if you have no other way to transfer pictures from your camera to computer.   Slate To dissable Adobe Album Starter from automatically loading in the system tray, delete the Adobe Album Starter value from this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ (For those comfortable editing the Windows Registry.)  See also: Link   Hogs CPU use when opening Outlook,speeds up when process deleted by Task manager   Malcolm Stevens Part of Adobe Acrobat Reader   Is a nuisance, rather use Explorer. Believe a backdoor Trojan uses it - high CPU in background.   Graeme Sutherland NZ The original apdproxy.exe is most likely essential for Adobe Photo. But it may also be a malware camouflaged as apdproxy.exe. I had CyberDefender on my computer (which turned out to be a major problem) and the apdproxy.exe was using all my computer usage, when I removed CyberDefender I haven't had any more problems with it. SpyBot S & D said that CyberDefender is Spyware, but I didn't believe them because I thought it was a great program and I was currently using it. If you have CyberDefender, try removing it first and see it the problem clears up.   Sabrina Huckins Sometimes my PC is running crazy while I'm e.g. just typing text. APDPROXY.EXE takes all the processor time then, while I don't even know whith what application the Adobe program came into my computer...   Gauke Zijlstra avast.setup   The Adobe photo downloader is non-essential, but very useful. It automatically pops up when you connect any device that has photos or movies. It grabs the photos, fixes red-eye, files them according to your preference, and then deletes them from the device. It works great and is super convenient, especially for the non-techno-wizard.   Larry Brown FPNLicensingService   On my XPpro desktop, apdproxy seemed to consume memory in an area that prevented proper shutdown and interfered with memory access by other programs. The solution was to end the task completely, or prevent it from starting at all.   Tracer It showed after installing a new HP printer. It does not seem to alter any programs.   Gerald There are two steps that need to be completed to correct the problem, both steps can be found at the adobe website. First, you need to move the Moxplugins folder from your Photoshop Elements 6.0 file on your hard drive to the recycle bin. Second you need to disable the Auto Launch Adobe Photo Downloader in Photoshop Elements. Once you have done both, restart your computer. That should fix the problem. It did for me.  See also: Link   azallie It takes 98 to 100% of my CPU leaving the computer non-functional to do anything else.   M Lee yes its from photoshop elements. stop it in task manager, then delete apdproxy.exe from windows folder and program files folder   Graeme w It prevented an XP64 machine from shutting down. Should be disable in start up and the file renamed or deleted.   If you know more about apdproxy.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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