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why am I not informed that another program will be downloaded with Adobe update

New Here ,
Oct 16, 2014 Oct 16, 2014

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why an I not informed that Adobe update will install another program with in,such as McAfee.. I don't want programs that i don't choose myself

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Oct 16, 2014 Oct 16, 2014

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it's listed, but unfortunately it's auto-checked so you have to pay attention and opt-out.

afaik, everyone that has no power to change that agrees with you that it should be an opt-in option.

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Thanks, When the update showed up on my desktop,it just said download,I didn'e see anything abaout another program along with it, I'll pay closer attention to it next time.   Larry

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oh, you may be right.

when you go to the flash player web page, Adobe - Install Adobe Flash Player you'll see the mcafee option.  but if you allow auto-updates, you may not see that.

i never allow flash player to auto-update for that reason (and because i am a flash developer and use a different flash player version to debug web-based swfs).  you have limited (or no) control over what happens when you allow flash player to auto-update.

i hate that and sympathize with the plight you went through.  it happened to me once many years ago.  i learned to never allow that again. 

hopefully, you were able to uninstall mcafee and not have any residual problem-causing detritus left on your system.

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Uninstalled it immediately. i will take your advice about no automatic updates.I'll do it online.

Thanks again  Larry

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you're welcome.

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