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tsongas
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November 4, 2009
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McAfee installed when updating Reader

  • November 4, 2009
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Does anyone at Adobe realize how stupid and annoying it is that McAfee gets installed when updating Reader, unless you uncheck a box?  I live in Fremont and really feel like walking down to Adobe's headquarters and getting in someone's face about it.  Ditto for Flash updates, Google toolbar, etc.

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      annoyed231
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      June 28, 2010

      to those who say it isn't happening..

      G'dammit.. It is !!

      I only registered here because I am so angry.

      I hate McCafee.

      Dell won't let me buy a computer without McCafee crap installed .

      Now I go to update my Adobe reader owing to a Firefox prompt and without any warning at all I see I am getting more McCafee crap on my computer.

      I didn't even have the option to uncheck a box. !!!!

      WTF !!!

      Adobe better smarten up on this one.

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      Anonymous
      January 10, 2014

      You are totally right. I only registered here for the same reason, too.

      Just to say: WTF Adobe? Why do you make me install this crap without consulting me???

      Having several Antivir progs at the same time can even cause a lot of trouble!!!!

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      Gre K
      Participant
      November 25, 2009

      Despite what the other responders have said, the Adobe Reader installer is most certainly installing McAfee Security Scan. I installed exactly one item last week: Adobe Reader. After the install was complete, I had two new items: Adobe Reader and McAfee Security Scan.

      Moreover, in my Control Panel -> Programs and Features, the install dates are the same for Adobe Reader and McAfee Security Scan.

      I bet it's related to the new big Adobe-McAfee alliance announced 2 months ago:

      http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200909/McAfeeIncandAdobetoProvideIntegratedSecuritySolutions.html

      Now does anyone believe us?

        ~graffiti
        ~graffiti
        Legend
        November 25, 2009

        Gre K wrote:

        I bet it's related to the new big Adobe-McAfee alliance announced 2 months ago:

        http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200909/McAfeeIncandAdobe toProvideIntegratedSecuritySolutions.html

        Maybe but doubtful.

        That announcement concerns the LiveCycle server products which is a secure digital rights management solution. I can see them teaming up with McAfee on that easy enough but forcing people without their knowledge to download the McAfee product with Reader wouldn't even be worth their time.

        Not to mention it would be illegal. They have to warn you about it. So if they DO make you download McAffee with Reader, you'll at least see it buried in the user agreements (available in the Reader download area I believe) which, it isn't.

        Now, if it was downloaded with a Windows update, I wouldn't be surprised.

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        Gre K
        Participant
        November 25, 2009

        if you go to http://get.adobe.com/reader/ from a Windows Vista PC (and maybe other versions of Windows), it's right there plain as day.

        (They must be doing OS detection, because if I go to that URL from my Mac, it yields a different page.)

        If you scroll down: "Install McAfee (optional)" is prechecked. Unfortunately, when you update from within a previous version of Reader, it does not take you to this page to allow you to opt out.

        ~graffiti
        ~graffiti
        Legend
        November 4, 2009

        tsongas wrote:

        Does anyone at Adobe realize how stupid and annoying it is that McAfee gets installed when updating Reader, unless you uncheck a box?

        Where did you download it from. That isn't an option that I've ever seen.

        tsongas wrote:

        I live in Fremont and really feel like walking down to Adobe's headquarters and getting in someone's face about it.

        Feel free but, I've been there. There doors are all locked and no one will answer.

        Bernd Alheit
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        Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 4, 2009

        Adobe Reader doesn't install McAfee. Mc Afee isn't a Adobe product.

        Claudio González
        Claudio González
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        November 4, 2009

        Bernd Alheit wrote:

        Adobe Reader doesn't install McAfee. Mc Afee isn't a Adobe product.

        And you forgot to mention that McAfee is not a product either, same as Adobe isn't a product...

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