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rasomaso
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August 18, 2014
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Stop forcing me to install McAfee on Flash player update!!!!!!!

  • August 18, 2014
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First of the fact that Adobe doesn't have a contact e-mail is absolutelly outrageous! Secondly STOP including McAfee anti-virus with every update instalation. I don't want it. I already have my own anti-virus! It slows down my PC and ****ING SUCKS, ok? The least you could do is have a tick box with an option to NOT install it along with the update but I didn't see that with the latest update. It's just like Java constantly forcing my browser to bing search instead of google. Just stop this crap!

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    Correct answer XyrcesFenol

    Yeah, a video capture would be really great for helping me escalate the issue.  I did install the latest copy of ESET Smart Security as a free trial, and I was able to see the UI as expected.

    You should be able to uninstall Flash Player, install an old copy from the Archives, and then you should get the notification to upgrade within a few hours.

    Uninstall Flash Player | Windows

    Archived Flash Player versions

    (For 14.0.0.145, you'd unzip the file, then run 14_0_r0_145/flashplayer14_0r0_145_win.exe)

    Then you should get an update notification either on first launch, or the next time Flash Player update service checks the current version.xml on adobe.com.  I think the timing these days is that the update service will check after an hour of installation, and then every 24 hours after that.


    I got the update request again day before yesterday, walked through it taking screen shoots, but this time it worked as supposed. I got the opt out question in the screen you also provided a screen shot of.

    So now everything is fine.

    What differs from last time is that the update file that is downloaded for me to execute is a new version:

    install_flashplayer15x32au_mssd_aaa_aih.exe

    The old was ...14x32au.... .exe

    For me the problem is gone now, so thank you for looking in to it!

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    inmotionhosting
    Participant
    August 18, 2014

    I couldn't agree with you more. Adobe not having a contact email is really surprising and is making me re-evaluate my company's purchase of Creative Cloud for teams. I was hoping in a more private way to implore Adobe to end the auto-install of McAfee. This is a big no no in my company's security setup. We are a web hosting company and already have taken care of anti-virus software on every PC. We are officially forbidding the install of Adobe Flash player on all my department's machines because of this very silly Adobe decision. It is an IT nightmare to keep having to un-install McAfee off every machine. This will be a company wide policy soon.

    It seems Adobe has an interest in killing Flash. They are succeeding.

    jeromiec83223024
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    jeromiec83223024Community Manager
    Community Manager
    August 19, 2014

    @jerretfarmer:

    Adobe offers distribution packages specifically for IT professionals that want to manage the deployment of Flash Player in their organization.  This is definitely a much less painful approach than letting your users install on an ad-hoc basis.

    You'll need to apply for a free distribution license to gain access to those binaries:

    Adobe Flash Player Distribution | Adobe

    The system administration guide will provide everything you need on deploying and managing the automatic update behaviors of those installations.

    Adobe Flash Player Administration Guide for Flash Player 14 | Adobe Developer Connection

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    XyrcesFenol
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    September 3, 2014

    No problem.  I'm glad I could provide some useful information. 

    From Adobe's perspective, the bundled offers are an important cost-recovery measure for what is an otherwise extremely expensive endeavor in continuously improving, maintaining and supporting products that we offer free of charge.  I'm simply an engineer on the ground, and the decisions about how we fund and staff the organization happen far, far above my pay-grade. 


    That said, I totally understand your objections.  While you can opt-out of the bundled offer, many people click through the screens without reading and are negatively surprised by the result.  The engineering staff and volunteers here on the forums take the bulk of the heat for that, but ultimately we have little control over the approach. 


    What I *can* do inside my sphere of influence, is provide you with good advice on how to efficiently handle managed deployments in IT organizations.  We recognize that enterprise organizations are often important customers, and we voluntarily incur significant additional work and expense for the express purpose of making the lives of IT administrators easier both by providing and testing specialized distribution packages and through a huge investment in product security efforts.

    As you've noticed, we do not offer live support for our free products.  For Creative Cloud customers, help for paid products is available via the AdobeCare team.  If neither of those channels is adequate for your organization's needs, Adobe offers enterprise support agreements that may be more suitable.  If an enterprise support agreement is something that your organization would be interested in, either I or @AdobeCare would be more than happy to put you in touch with an Adobe sales representative to continue that conversation.

    Best regards,

    Jeromie Clark


    Dear Sir,

    I today, sept 3, got a request to update Flashplayer on my computer, Windows 7 64 bit.

    It downloads a file and executing that DOES NOT GIVE ME ANY OPTION TO AVOID MCAFFEE!!

    I did abort the installation, and I'm very thankfull that I have choosen to be notified of updates for me to install.

    This is very bad, an extra layer of not wanted antivirus software can hurt both system stability and performance.

    I do hope that this is an misstake that is adressed in timely manner.

    Kind regards

    Erik

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