Why does Acrobat force me to install McAfee, and adds Chrome Extensions?

[Taras29071405t1vj]

I wanted to install Acrobat Reader and downloaded the installer.  The installer itself automatically -- without any option to decline -- installed two McAfee programs.  It also went into my Chrome and installed some extensions that it never asked me about.  This is unacceptable behavior from a company like Adobe.  McAfee always conflicts with existing antivirus programs, which come built into Windows.  It's as if Adobe wants to intentionally break our computers or slow them down.  Unacceptable that the installer doesn't even give an option to decline the McAfee products.  Despicable.  

[Megan30306010mt1j]

Uncheck the "Install McAfee,,," box in the "Included With Your Download" section before downloading.

[JR Boulay]

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[MeenakshiNegi]

Hi Taras29071405t1vj,

Thank you for reaching out.

Acrobat Reader installer download includes the optional McAfee installer and Chrome add-ons. You may disable the option if you do not wish to install the McAfee installer. You may click on More download options at the bottom of the page to check all the optional installers. Refer to the screenshot below:

If you have already installed Acrobat Reader and trying to uninstall McAfee, uninstall the Acrobat Reader application.

Then reboot the machine and install Acrobat Reader from this page: https://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/. 

Let us know if you need any help.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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