Adobe update

stormy13 · 02 Jul 2010

CarlTR6 said:

If you choose Foxit, be careful when installing it that you uncheck the toolbars and other added junk.

Or just download the zipped version. Once unzipped just place the exe in the location of choice (can be anywhere on the computer; main drive partition, second drive/partition, etc), run it once and that's it. No installing required and it doesn't come with the toolbars or anything else.

Layback Bear · 02 Jul 2010

Thank you for the reminder Borg 386. I just removed it from the startup.

Borg 386 · 02 Jul 2010

Thanx everyone, I'll give Sumatra PDF and Foxit a try.

Glad I reminded you of that Bear....yeah it does suck they way they shove things into your PC without asking.

"May the sand fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits of Adobe"

hackerman1 · 02 Jul 2010

Alternatives: pdfreaders.org

i use Sumatra: Sumatra PDF viewer
i recently also tried PdfXchange: Tracker Software Products :: PDF Creation Software, Free PDF Viewer

both are good.

Corrine · 02 Jul 2010

Borg 386 said:

"May the sand fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits of Adobe"

As long as we're on the topic of Adobe, I hope everyone has the rest of any Adobe products on their computer updated, especially Air & Flash which also had critical updates.

CarlTR6 · 02 Jul 2010

stormy13 said:

CarlTR6 said:

If you choose Foxit, be careful when installing it that you uncheck the toolbars and other added junk.

Or just download the zipped version. Once unzipped just place the exe in the location of choice (can be anywhere on the computer; main drive partition, second drive/partition, etc), run it once and that's it. No installing required and it doesn't come with the toolbars or anything else.

Thanks, stormy; I did not know that. Good information.

stormy13 · 02 Jul 2010

Same sort of thing with Flash. I don't want Air or Adobe's downloader plugin in any way shape or form (the free McAfee scan thing can go too, was Norton at one point) so I just go here,

Download Flash Player 10.1.53.64 (IE) - FileHippo.com

and get the latest version a day or two later that is free from all that garbage.

CarlTR6 · 02 Jul 2010

I will remember that. I promptly get rid of the downloader - which is just one more thing I hate about Adobe.

stormy13 · 02 Jul 2010

And then once you install Flash if you haven't seen this before,

How to configure your Flash Player settings for maximum privacy and security

Lock it down some.

CarlTR6 · 03 Jul 2010

Good security tip.