Stop adobe running in the background and Block adobe in Host File

adobe-killer.ps1

Function Priority {
    $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
    foreach ($root in 'HKCU', 'HKLM', 'HKU', 'HKCR') {
        New-PSDrive -PSProvider Registry -Name $root -Root "HKEY_$root" | Out-Null
    }
    Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force -Scope CurrentUser
    $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'
}

Priority

Function Silent { $Global:ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' }

Silent

Function StopAdobeApps {
    Write-Host "Stopping Adobe apps..." -NoNewline
    try {
        # Stop running process
        Get-Process * | Where-Object { $_.CompanyName -match "Adobe" -or $_.Path -match "Adobe" } | Stop-Process
        # Disable services
        Get-Service * | Where-Object { ($_.Name -match "Adobe" -or $_.DisplayName -match "Adobe") -and $_.StartType -ne 'Disabled' } | ForEach-Object { Set-Service -Name $_.Name -StartupType Disabled; Stop-Service -Name $_.Name }
        # Disable task schedules
        Get-ScheduledTask * | Where-Object { ($_.TaskName -match "Adobe" -or $_.TaskPath -match "Adobe") -and $_.State -ne 'Disabled' } | ForEach-Object { Disable-ScheduledTask -TaskName $_.TaskName -TaskPath $_.TaskPath }
        # Disable startup apps
        @('HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartupApproved\Run', 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartupApproved\Run32') | ForEach-Object { $path = $_; Get-ItemProperty -Path $path | ForEach-Object { $_.PSObject.Properties | Where-Object { $_.Name -match "Adobe" -and $_.Value[0] -ne 3 } | ForEach-Object { Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name $_.Name -Value ([byte[]](0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00)) } } }
        Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green
    } catch { Write-Host "[WARNING] $_" -ForegroundColor Red }
}

Function BlockAdobeHosts {
    Write-Host "Blocking Adobe in Host File..." -NoNewline
    $file = "$env:windir\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"
    if ((Test-Path $file) -and (-not (Get-Item $file).IsReadOnly)) {
        try {
            $filteredUrls = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://a.dove.isdumb.one/winhosts.txt").Content -split "`r?`n" | Where-Object { $_ -match "^0\.0\.0\.0" }
            $contentToInsert = "`r`n# [start-block-adobe]`r`n" + ($filteredUrls -join "`r`n") + "`r`n# [end-block-adobe]"
            Set-Content -Path $file -Value ([regex]::replace((Get-Content -Path $file -Raw), "(?s)# \[start-block-adobe\].*?# \[end-block-adobe\]", "") + $contentToInsert)
            Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green
        } catch { Write-Host "[WARNING] $_" -ForegroundColor Red }
    } else { Write-Host "[WARNING] Host file is either not accessible or read-only" -ForegroundColor Red }
}

Function StopAdobe {
    $response = Read-Host "Do you want to stop Adobe? (y/n)"
    if ($response -match "^[Yy]$") { StopAdobeApps; BlockAdobeHosts }
    elseif ($response -match "^[Nn]$") { Write-Host "[Adobe will not be stopped]" -ForegroundColor Red }
    else { Write-Host "Invalid input. Please enter 'y' or 'n'." ; StopAdobe }
}

StopAdobe

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