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dhitson
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April 10, 2018
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McAfee conflict

  • April 10, 2018
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Is there a way to automatically disallow McAfee installation for Flash updates? Installation with default leeches computer performance and causes occasional conflicts.

1. Our company uses other, REAL security software - managed by Active Directory - not a cheapo, substandard wannabe like the McAfee "cling-on" to Flash.

2. Contrary to Adobe arrogance, Flash is NOT a core component that warrants management as one of many available 3rd-party add-ons.

3. In all the posts I've read regarding the McAfee tag-along, not one has indicated that it has EVER been welcome or beneficial.

4. Adobe's stance regarding "offsetting development costs" for Flash as a free product is nothing but crap. Yes - it's a "free" product, but it is part of the Adobe family of products of which the cost of maintaining Flash functionality and security can and should be subsidized by the other Adobe products that continue to be sold for an immense profit (Stock grew over 500% in the last 5 years!!!).

Here's what I think would be a reasonable compromise - prompt for 3rd-party add-ons (aka "crapware") ONLY on a full installation (initial installation or complete re-installation), but automatically exclude or include it from any Flash updates or upgrades without a required installation choice selection - based on a user selectable setting in a currently installed version. In the case of a pre-existing installation, the default setting should be set based on the user's choice during the full installation.

Adobe has a "corner" on the market with their inherited Flash product from Macromedia, but Flash is NOT the only option for viewing related content...

C'mon, Adobe - don't you think it's about time you started accommodating your users instead of your pencil-pushers?

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christopherh11569139
New Participant
April 12, 2018

I agree!!  Wholeheartedly.  The default should not be checked to install McAfee along with the Flash Player update.  It is not welcome.  The default should be unchecked, and we should be asked if we want to install it along with Flash Player.  Otherwise, it's deceptive on your part to sneak it in there.  I agree with dhitson.  Take it out!

_maria_
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_maria_Community Manager
Community Manager
April 10, 2018

Optional third party offerings are only posted on the main download page.  Once installed users can opt into background updates and have the system updated, usually within 24 hours of a new version being available (assuming an active internet connection) with no third party offerings.


Based on your comments, it sounds like you may be distributing Flash Player within your organization.  If so, you can obtain a distribution license (free for the vast majority of use cases) and either use the MSI or EXE to distribute Flash Player via various software management tools, such as SCCM, Active Directory, etc.  For more information see Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe

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dhitsonAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 10, 2018

Maybe in a perfect world, but at least in my case your information is incorrect. I had Flash installed - with "Allow Adobe to install updates" selected, and it neither automatically updated (it gave me a pop-up update prompt box), nor did the popup link to a version where McAfee was excluded, but still included McAfee with the installation option preselected.

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dhitsonAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 10, 2018

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Please provide the following additional information:

  • What Windows version are the files from?
  • Provide (upload to Document Cloud) the mms.cfg file, from the same system you provided the log files from, and post the link to the uploaded file.
    • Please upload the file, do not copy/paste the contents into your reply
  • On the impacted system, please check to see if the following exist on the system:
    • Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services > Adobe Flash Player Update Service
    • Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler:
      • Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier
        • If so, what is the Last Run Time and Last Run Result
      • Adobe Flash Player Updater
        • If so, what is the Last Run Time and Last Run Result

Thank you.


mms.cfg: Shared Files - Acrobat.com

Task scheduler mmc opens with errors - troubleshooting... (so far,  running a query doesn't show any adobe products in the scheduler)

Running Windows 7 pro 64-bit

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