The unholy alliance between Adobe & McFee? WTF do I need to install your POS partner software?

Report · Apr 06, 2023

Why is adobe forcing people to install POS garbage software.
I pay for this software and because Adobe made PDFs the standard.

Now everyone that wants to open a PDF file using Adobe Reader has to install McAfee POS Garbage software?

WHY?

why is this even a thing?

Why with your great product set would you include garbage software?

Why would you act like many inscruples companys and install the equivelent of spam software on people's PCs?

Do you do the same for people using Macs?

I am canceling my all app subscription if this garbage doesn't stop immediatly.

Although, [abuse removed by moderator]; there are definitely other platforms that do everything that your software can.

Why would you soil your brand and great software with the likes of auto-installing software?

So so sad!

T

Report · Apr 06, 2023

"Now everyone that wants to open a PDF file using Adobe Reader has to install McAfee POS Garbage software?"

No. They need only Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat.

Report · Apr 06, 2023

have you done the recent installation of reader?
No you don't need to install McAfee; but it pretty much is an integrated part of the installer.

Being an IT consultant; I have no issue with this as I know how to work around it.

However, the average user at the other end doesn't know how to avoid the installation.

Try the latest reader installation. And tell me what you think?

T

Report · Apr 06, 2023

WHY is this garbage POS software default installation with Adobe?
I have no idea wth Adobe would do this.

T

Report · Apr 06, 2023

McAfee used to be an independent company, that was purchased by Intel for its security product line. It's had many owners over the past 20+ years, kicked around like a football in a world cup championship game.

But a year ago, it was purchased by a private investment group (Advent International Corp) that consists of the Canada PensionPlan, GIC Private Limited (Sigapore), and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

I don't let it get installed on our computer systems.

Report · Apr 06, 2023

I am familiar with their history. I have been an IT Consultant for as long as that POS Garbage software has existed. And perhaps someone out there is happy using this failure of a POS software; however, that is not really my problem with it. My problem is why Adobe would almost bundle this garbage with their software.

It is just unfathamable to me why they would do that.

I believe that companies like ADOBE using their customer base as well as their unaware users of pdf platform are being done a huge dis-service by Adobe including this software. That again, I do not install anywhere near any of my machines; however, as an IT consultant have had to repeadetly uninstall the software included from many machine of users that thought they had only downloaded Adobe Reader which they were requested to do so by many very trustworthy sources like the IRS, ect ect ect....

Report · Apr 06, 2023

'My problem is why Adobe would almost bundle this garbage with their software."

It is not bundled with Adobe Acrobat!