Re: Anybody know how to nuke Adobe?
- From: VanguardLH <V@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:50:43 -0500
John Doe wrote:
I don't just mean the company, I mean the POS "ARM" or whatever
it's called. I need to stop the damn thing from checking for
updates. I tried deleting some folders and they just get restored.
The POS just crashed my system, so I need to put some effort into
this. Windows Updates is disabled, Program Updates is disabled. I
think maybe it comes through Firefox. The only Firefox updates I
allowed was to Firefox itself, so I'm disabling that too. Adobe
sucks.
You could uninstall all Adobe software, use their cleanup tool, and then
move to a smaller and faster PDF viewer (and even lets you annotate)
without the bloatware and which is more secure (both in available user
config settings and in a low-profile against attacks), like PDF-Xchange,
also free.
You'll still probably want to keep Adobe's Flash Player but get their
standalone installer instead of using their auto-update web page which
nails you with ADM (Adobe Download Manager). It usually takes me a few
minutes to figure out how to pretend the auto-install failed (I just
refuse the install) to navigate around to find the alternate downloads,
but there are online articles that give hints on how to install without
ADM, likw:
http://www.ghacks.net/2010/02/27/download-adobe-flash-without-adobe-download-manager/
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