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Bonjour, formerly Rendezvous, is Apple Inc.’s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a service discovery protocol. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, as well as other computers, and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System service records. The software is built into Apple’s Mac OS X operating system from version 10.2 onwards, and can be installed onto computers using Microsoft Windows operating systems (it is installed with iTunes, for example).
The software is released under a terms-of-limited-use license by Apple. While it is freeware for clients, developers and software companies who want to include in their software package should check with Apple on licensing agreements.
Bonjour services are installed without explicit user permission and the software is not necessary for running the programs with which it is bundled. While there are no documented conflicts with anti-virus software packages or the Microsoft Windows operating system, some corporate firewalls may raise a warning when Bonjour attempts to broadcast the availability of network services. Some technical forums have reported that the service can break a configured internet connection and also can conflict with system files on certain versions of Windows, although there are no vendor reported conflicts.
Steps to remove it :
When you install Adobe softwares you may find this service. If you want to remove this, follow these steps,
- Click Start -> Run
- Type the following command :
- “C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe” -remove (Note: delete the quotes displayed here and type again using keyboard)
- Navigate to the following folder in Windows Explorer: C:\Program Files\Bonjour
- Rename the mdnsNSP.dll file in that folder to mdnsNSP.old
- Restart your computer
- Delete the the Program Files\Bonjour folder
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