Why Adobe Acrobat Reader installs anti-virus McAffee?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 11, 2025
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I've installed Acrobat Reader believing that it is free and fair. But after that I've noticed that I have another anti virus software installed by Adobe. It is McAffee. Does it pay Adobe for combiting into Acrobat some side software? What else software can be inside it? Is there any hidden check box with pazzle which should be unchecked. I pay for my subscription and feel that this installation is unfair.

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ravinderg62643219

Adobe Employee

Hi @Dmitrii35956449d9tl

I believe you have installed Adobe Reader from https://get.adobe.com/reader/. Below on the page there are options to unselect add-on apps.

jane-e

Community Expert

@ravinderg62643219

Can the option to install McAfee be unchecked by default? We see many reports from users who install it accidentally and don't want it.

Jane

kglad

Community Expert

it's been a known problem for decades. it's not likely to change now.

kglad

Community Expert

i always hated that but, if you're careful, you'll see the option to deselect mcafee so it doesn't infect your computer.

if i were you, i would restore my computer to a state prior to mcafee, then install reader while paying attention to that mcafee option and untick it.

jane-e

Community Expert

I pay for my subscription and feel that this installation is unfair.

By @Dmitrii35956449d9tl

I've moved your post from Creative Cloud Desktop to the Acrobat Reader forum where the Acrobat team will see it.

Also, Acrobat Reader is free. What are you paying for?

Jane

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