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GraphiteFingers
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July 18, 2020
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Maxon Cinema 4D Force Install - EGAD! I've Been Hacked!!!

  • July 18, 2020
  • 3 replies
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That was my reaction this morning, when I saw the entries in my "Recently Added" list:

- Team Render Client 22

- Team Render Server 22

- Maxon Cinema 4D 22

- Commandline 22


WTFork?!?! 


So I Googled, and learned, first, that "Team Render" is all about adding my Computer to a Render Farm!?!  Wait, WHAT?!?!  Then further pawing through the search results revealed the connection to Adobe and ultimately to After Effects.  Whew [I guess]!?

Further frustration and incredulity when opening Maxon Cinema 4D, only to be confronted with a Second Party authentication layer!?!?  Why isn't it an Adobe Cloud authentication?!?  You mean I have to establish an account with Maxon, to use an Adobe product?!?
 
Again, WTFallacy!!

So, now I'm faced with a dilemma. I want to find out if this “Render Farm” thing is Opt-In, or is my PC going to, now, be thrust into render-service, by default?!? And, if so, how “nice” will it be? I mean, I already use my PC for CPU/GPU intensive things. Is this going to compete in a resource wrenching way?!? Inquiring computer geeks what to know!  The dilemma?  That I have to establish a Maxon presence just to find out if Maxon has established a de facto presence on my PC!

I’ll probably just uninstall After Effects, since I only installed it to play with it, and discover that I can use it for. But, I’ve got a ponderous list of other things to do, so that was a rainy-day thing.

    3 replies

    P.M.B
    P.M.B
    Legend
    January 18, 2021

    "I’ll probably just uninstall After Effects, since I only installed it to play with it, and discover that I can use it for. But, I’ve got a ponderous list of other things to do, so that was a rainy-day thing."

     

    Sorry to see you go.

    ~Gutterfish
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      Community Expert
      Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
      Community Expert
      January 6, 2021

      None of what you have listed is a threat to you or your computer.

       

      Maybe Adobe should go back to the Standard version of After Effects and the Professional version.

       

      Personally, I am happy that that went away more than a decade ago.

       

       

       

       

        mattprocella
        mattprocella
        Participant
        January 17, 2021

        Right on, Warren. You provided excellent service and tried your best to explain basic concepts and procedures to extremely ignorant individuals that can't seem to grasp the simplest of ideas. It was painful reading through the thread, but it was very helpful nonetheless. Thank you for your time and dedication. 

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          Community Expert
          Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
          Community Expert
          July 18, 2020

          Cinema 4D is integrated into After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite is included for full functionality.  It's not shareware, malware, bloatware, nor adware.  And it's definitely not Maxon taking over your computer.  It's a fully functional version licensed for use with After Effects.  It's well documented in the user manual, including instructions on how to remove it if you'd like to do so (of course, you're limiting what AE can do if you uninstall it).

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            martinr84499902
            Participant
            July 23, 2020

            Excuse me, but I also find your communication in this matter highly irritating. It is not acceptable that you do not actively and clearly disseminate this information.

            You cannot assume that your users will consult an Adobe user manual on this if programs with no recognizable relation to Adobe appear among the newly installed programs - and not every Adobe Cloud customer primarily uses After Effects, relevant here, and is already informed about the context.

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              JAH_1
              Known Participant
              November 12, 2020

              Don't worry, there are plenty of experienced users to help you get up to speed at no cost to you.

               

              For what it's worth, junior IT staff working in video and audio post would be expected to know how to configure After Effects, including the 3D integration.  Specific settings might be on-the-job learning, but certainly not what's what.

               

               

               

               


              So I'll take that as a no. 
              For what it's worth its standard practice in an IT department to install "unknown" software for testing and evaluation in a test enviroment. Again, just never have thought I have to treat Adobe as "unknown".

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