McAfee unwanted install - no option to select or reject!

[rodh27782579]

I though Adobe might have grown out of such silly tricks - see previous threads on this topic going back several years.  Obviously not as it's just happened to me in January 2018.  Bad move - I might go to another PDF reader now.

[~graffiti · Accepted solution]

I always see the box that you can uncheck. Not sure what's going on there. Anyway, you can download it here without Mcafee: Adobe - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Distribution

[Srtaydog]

That is not completely true. The case is there, but whether you accept it or refuse it, it always downloads the same 1180 KB file and starts installing.

[RonNatalie]

Yep, it took me 20 minutes to remove the McAfee virus from my machine after Adobe surreptitiously installed it.   What a crock.   ADOBE installs security holes into a system as a condition of accepting software.    And McAfee's VIRUS uninstaller won't completely remove it after you remove the two "documented" products installed.   I had to go and manually remove files and registry entries afterwards.

[rocker buddy]

i am irritated by the unwanted mcafee downloads. so i cancelled the whole installation while adobe is downloaded an installing and the otheres were to be installed

[try67]

This is an optional offer when you download the installer from Adobe. By default it is not selected, though. You have to actively click two check-boxes on the download page to get these add-ons.

[Benjamin5C64]

It was selected by default for me and that part of the page loaded slower than the rest, meaning I never actually saw it.

[Kheg5CEB]

this is correct. it now installs with out request and i have reported it as maleware to a few reporting sites I sugest you and everyone else affected by this unwanted intrusion and securty breach as the maleware it is.

[Andrew5CA6]

Same here. It just installed on my rig unwanted. WTF. I hate Adobe. It's like going Greyhound. It's about the only choice you have and it massively sucks.