Latest Adobe Flash Updater has a surprise

[McShark]

That could be possible.  Maybe Adobe pulled that update after the backlash.  The net was buzzing with complaints about it.

Downloaded Adobe Reader yesterday. Also came along with McAffee.

No opt to refuse it. Just plugs it in. 

[Skuzzy]

If all you wanted was a PDF viewer, you should use Foxit PDF Reader.  It is more secure, uses less resources, faster, and so on.

[McShark]

If all you wanted was a PDF viewer, you should use Foxit PDF Reader.  It is more secure, uses less resources, faster, and so on.

Will try it, thx Skuzzy!

[Skuzzy]

By the way, if you allowed McAfee to get installed on your computer.  The only way to undo the damage the installation of McAfee does to your computer is to wipe out the operating system and install a fresh copy.

At least Norton has a tool, on their WEB site, for undoing the damage it does when it is installed.

[McShark]

By the way, if you allowed McAfee to get installed on your computer.  The only way to undo the damage the installation of McAfee does to your computer is to wipe out the operating system and install a fresh copy.

At least Norton has a tool, on their WEB site, for undoing the damage it does when it is installed.

All that was visible was an exe file to start installation. That one I have erased and manually looked for anything that looks like McAffee.

Not enough?

[Skuzzy]

As long as you aborted the installation before it finished, you are fine.  Once installed, McAfee replaces system files with its own stuff.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Downloaded Adobe Reader yesterday. Also came along with McAffee.

No opt to refuse it. Just plugs it in. 

The 'opt' to refuse it is during the intial selection before you start even downloading the package. Once you've downloaded the version with mcafee it won't ask you anything.

[Rich46yo]

Flash is the most problematic piece of code Ive ever put on a computer.

[Mar]

Thank goodness I never set automatically install updates. Thanks for the heads up Skuzzy, I'm not taking any chances.

The 'opt' to refuse it is during the intial selection before you start even downloading the package. Once you've downloaded the version with mcafee it won't ask you anything.

This. Unselect Mcfee at the website and you won't get it.

[Denniss]

Post are somewhat confusing here. I never had some Mcafee stuff pop up when I had a Flash or Reader autoupdate but I know you have to deselect this BS upon manual download from their website at the usual Flash/Reader download option (not the distribution link).

[Bizman]

As long as you aborted the installation before it finished, you are fine.  Once installed, McAfee replaces system files with its own stuff.

I just coincidentally looked for hidden devices in the Device Manager. To my surprise there were a couple of McAfee thingies! After removing them they didn't reappear after the next boot but I don't remember seeing anything by McAfee installed since the last time I took a look into the Device Manager which wasn't too many months ago. Could it be that even though I was able to untick McAfee, the Flash Player update still installed something of it? If so, some rules have been violated!