Adobe installing programmes without permission

I just installed an update for adobe reader and it installed google chrome as well, I don't recall giving permission for this. Is there a way of stopping adobe doing things like that in future?

Adobe offer Chrome or other stuff when you download from http://get.adobe.com/reader .
I wish it wouldn't.
It is clearly shown as "Optional offer" in the middle column of the page and can be turned off.
Did you go to that page? If not, you might have malware which is downloading what it claims to be updates, but could in fact be anything. If you continue to get update reminders for Adobe Reader despite updating, that's especially likely.

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Firefox 30 installed itself WITHOUT permission and I am SEETHING.

I'm on XP. I have Firefox set to let me know when there are updates, but to let me manually choose to install them. I had Firefox 28. It kept bugging me multiple times a day, usually when I was in the middle of something, to first install 29 and then 30.
I NEVER let it.
I came back from a break, pressed the space bar, and a Firefox pop-up was on the screen saying it was downloading an update. I pulled the wire cable connecting to the internet out, severing any connection, but it was too late. Firefox said it was installing update.
When I install updates from Firefox I use portable apps so I know it doesn't insert itself into other directories. This keeps my machine clean. I did not ask for or want an auto update.
What Happened?
Is this a new Mozilla policy, to badger users many times a day and then install even if they say, "No"?
Is there a virus in some new Firefox programs?
I run multiple antivirus scans, and don't think I have anything bad on my machine.

Thank you, Tyler. Yes, there is an important reason(s) I don't always upgrade.
Stability. The value of my time. Privacy.
With respect, every software maker thinks his or her company is the most important software on my computer (and rightly so... to an extent). I'd say 90% or more of the updates have no effect on the way I use my machine, but say, a 10%* probability of causing a conflict with other things on it that will require hours, sometimes days of my time to resolve, which your company is not going to pay me for. Very little or no accurate or complete information is provided as to what a given update will do.
*10% chance of problem means each update has a 90% chance of updating with no problem. Then after just 5 program updates (I'm talking about any combination of programs on my machine, not just Firefox) my reliablity is, what .9x.9x.9x.9x.9 = .59? You can see how stability drops rapidly for the user who regularly updates all of his or her programs all the time. And that doesn't count potentially unique plug-ins.
In this instance I just finished re-building my computer after hardware faults were causing it to randomly shut-down. This took hours of time over several days trying to troubleshoot. Took everything apart, checked, cleaned, reseated things and rebooted.
Then once I finally get it stable, Firefox after nagging and nagging and nagging and nagging and nagging and nagging (get it- nagging?) for 29 goes and upgrades itself to 30 without me being able to take a snapshot of my registries or doing the protective back-up steps I normally take before bracing myself and going through a round of multiple software upgrades as a part of regular maintenance.
I tend to respect Mozilla, but it is turning into a nagging shrew of a program. If it continues to take time away from my work, which by the way is not for Mozilla, volunteer or otherwise, I'll have to research and find something that works better for me.
I am particularly fearful and suspicious of any program that takes liberties with my system without my permission, as Firefox apparently just did. I am less likely to let a program like that on my machine at all.
As for the actual upgrade, there's nothing I can really do about it now, is there? I didn't object in theory, but you didn't give me the choice.
Please leave this post visible in case someone else experiences the same issue of Firefox upgrading itself without apparent permission.
Thank you.
PS, Assuming it is complete and accurate, It is good to know that Firefox installs in only one location (eg. no floating dlls, history files, etc) similar to using portable apps.

Ever since local provider qwest installed Bing (without permission) i cant log into my gmail account for over 2 weeks, and getting desperate here.

local provider Qwest nstalled "Bing" onto my internet without my permission , and since then, i cant log into my Gmail acct. Wont recognize my name or PW. no log in for over 2 weeks now. Getting desperate. i have asked for help using online support dozens of times with no reply from mozilla

Just to recap, this is a collection of ports I have collected over time for people who needed this information when setting up the HP ePrint app so that they could view their email from within the app. I am certain other applications also need this information. Although lengthy, I could not find a more comprehensive place to retrieve this information. Feel free to post additional information, faulty information, or other related topics below as this is simply a collection of data and it would be practically impossible to test all of them. Thank you!
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Flash player repeatedly installs itself without permission

I repeatedly have to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player 12 Plugin and Adobe Flash Player 12 ActiveX. Both of these repeatedly install themselves without permission. In Options > Options > Advanced > Updates I have the option "Check for updates but let me choose whether to install them" checked, and it has been that way for weeks. I work from home and am on the net all day aggregating news sources and with no flash I don't get bombarded with constant flash advertisements and sudden, loud noises. However, these two will install themselves at least twice a day, forcing me to manually uninstall them each time.

Plugins cannot be installed from inside Firefox. Plugins are software programs, like Firefox itself. They can only be installed by running their setup program (.exe file).
Flash Player is required to browse some sites, so it's safest to turn it off rather than uninstall it. To do so,
# Press Ctrl+Shift+A to open the Add-ons Manager.
# Click Plugins on the left.
# On the right, set Shockwave Flash to "Never Activate" to turn it off completely. You can alternatively set it to "Ask to Activate" to be prompted to turn it on when browsing a site that has Flash content.
* [[Use plugins to play audio, video, games and more|Managing and uninstalling plug-ins | Mozilla Support]]
If you insist on getting rid of Flash Player, there's an uninstaller you can download to get rid of all installed versions. See the following page.
* [http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html Uninstall Flash Player for Windows | Adobe Support]

IN I.E. 11 under manage-Addons Adobe reader only appears under Run Without permission not under currently loaded

IN I.E. 11 under manage-Addons Adobe reader only appears under Run Without permission not under currently loaded
Is this expected behavior. I have some sites that will not load adobe documents. The site in question is a School District application that we cannot open seating charts.
This was installed using an MSI. Test sites I go to work fine.

I believe with further investigation that this is normal and when a PDF document is open it then shows in currently loaded.

Why does Adobe install 3rd party software with PE 10 without asking?

I purchased Photoshop Elements and Priemere Elements 10 together. During installation Adobe installed SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 on my computer. The installation did not ask if I wanted to install this software and there was no option to not install it. I am the only one who installs applications on my computer so what gives Adobe the right to decide what to install for me. Sonicfire Pro 5 is unwanted by me and it pains me greatly that software was installed on my computer without my consent. Besides it takes up 30GB of disk space. Yes I can uninstall it and I will but it should not have been installed in the first place. I bought Photoshop Elements 10 and Premiere Elements 10 because I was happy with my purchase of Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 4 and wanted to have newer versions but now I am very unhappy. I will never buy a Adobe product or suggest Adobe products to anyone ever again. The only thing that would change my mind would be if Adobes next version did not contain any 3rd party software or if it did one should be given a choice during installation as to install it or not and Adobe should give me a free version to replace the one I have. As those two things are unlikely to happen I will continue to never buy any Adobe software or suggest to anyone to buy Adobe products and faithfully watch the stock market as Adobe stocks continue to decline. Guess what I do for a living!

I did not answer you question, because I have no answer. That was why I recommended contacting Adobe. Though, at times, it might not seem like it, but they do listen to their customers. They collect tons of data, and try to prioritize things, based on that input. This is for Feature Requests, or just comments on how one likes, or does not like, the software.
In very general terms, I find Adobe products to be very benign, and especially to many other companies' software.
Over the decades, I only recall a few instances, where something was installed, without my input, at some level. Back about PS CS, there were some NIK Filters that were installed, and a few of them were "trials," which I am not keen on. SmartSound would be another example, except that I would want it, regardless (and probably only complain, if it was missing).
One of the biggest rubs that I had with Pinnacle Studio was that even if one bought their biggest, most expensive package, a ton of Effects and Transitions were loaded as trials. To get all of those, one had to spend about US $400, above the price of the NLE. Not sure if that is still the case, as I switched to AVID Liquid, about they time they bought Pinnacle, and have not seen Pinnacle Studio in many years. When I moved from Liquid, to PrPro, and the CS2 Production Studio, I never looked back at AVID/Pinnacle. Now, CS2 Production Studio came with about 8 programs, and then a ton of "Goodies." I would have loved to have the Goodies as options in the full suite installation. As it was, I had to do the main, muli-program install, and then run installation routines for maybe 30 other plug-ins, add-ons and stand-alones.
No, like you, I refuse to update my iTunes, as so much "other stuff" gets installed, and then I have to clean it out. You are not alone, except that we see SmartSound from different sides. Though I understand your not wanting anything, but the program, I view that as a necessity.
My suggestion to Adobe would be to include that as a separate, user-selectable install, though I have never heard of anyone complaining, unless SmartSound did not work for them.
I understand personal principles, and try to adhere to my own, but before you pass on SmartSound, I beg you to try it out. That will not ameliorate the need for Adobe to let the user decide what is/is not installed, but with a few sessions, you might change your mind about the program, itself.
Do let Adobe know how you feel, and perhaps SmartSound will become an additional installation, like the additional Functional Content.
Good luck,
Hunt

Where can I download the Adobe Reader file without installing it?

Where can I go to download the Adobe Reader file without installing it?

You can use the Adobe FTP site to download any Reader version: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/

OSX reboots without permission on update install

OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Is there a setting in Mavericks to tell it not to install updates and reboot without permission?
For many years, one of the reasons I liked Macs was that my Windows PC would often reboot overnight because Microsoft would decide it was a good idea to put out an update, losing me data in the process. That never happened with my Mac.
Now my Mac does the same thing. Last night there was an update to parts of the system I simply don't use (mostly Mail) and apps were forcibly shut down. My specific beef is that Chrome incongnito tabs can't be restored once closed, and I had a dozen or so open doing various things.
To cap it all, my Windows PC now asks for permission and gets rebooted once every couple of months.
Is there a setting in Mavericks to tell it not to do this? (Naturally, I Googled it, but nada...)

I managed to boot into safe mode (by holding shift), but what should I do now?

Can't play you tube and other videos. Have re-installed Adobe Flash player without success. I am also unable to even see the link to audio replay on which is

Can't play you tube and other videos with Firefox. Have re-installed Adobe Flash player without success. I can play you tube videos using Internet Explorer.
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Does allowing adobe flash player plug in on safari give access to websites the ability to upload and transfer documents and files(on the computer) without permission?

Does allowing adobe flash player plug in on safari give access to websites the ability to upload and transfer documents and files(on the computer) without permission? Perhaps to their online server or somewhere where they designated them to transfer to?

It depends a bit on which version of Captivate you used to develop your modules and also which version of Flash Player you targeted when publishing your modules from Captivate. Say for example you use Captivate 5 and publish to Flash Player 10. Then your end user would need to have Flash Player 10 on their computer. It shouldn't matter if their version is 10.0.0 or 10.1.0 or 10.1.3 - just as long as it's a 10. If they only have Flash Player 9 then they will need to upgrade.
The "Access to Adobe.com is restricted" is most likely because the HTML that launches the Captivate SWF sees that you have targeted FP10 and the user only have FP9. Then it tries to direct a call to Adobe in order to present an "Upgrade to latest version of Flash" dialog for the user. This traffic is most likely denied by your IT department.
The first step is to find out which version of Flash Player is the most prevalent in your organization. If it is Flash Player 9 then simply select that when publishing from Captivate 5. If Flash Player 8 is the most used in your organization and you have CP5 or CP5.5 then you are in big trouble since FP8 is not supported from CP5 and CP5.5.
/Michael
www.cpguru.com - Adobe Captivate Widgets, Tutorials, Tips & Tricks and much more..

I own Snow Leopard Family Pack and an acquaintance installed it onto their MBP without permission. How can I revoke that license?

I own Snow Leopard Family Pack and an acquaintance installed it onto their MacBook Pro without permission. How can I revoke that license? I don't have access to their MBP, but I have access to all the other authorized computers using the family pack.

No. The license is a legal agreement, not a technical measure to restrict installation or duplication. There's nothing to stop you from installing it on 20 Macs in your household save that you are subject to a binding legal agreement that says you have permission to install it on no more than 5. If you break the terms of the contract, you may be subject to civil litigation. If someone steals your copy and uses it without authorization, they are similarly liable.
In practice, Apple trusts you to be honest because, frankly, until it gets to a certain point, it's just not worth the money to file a complaint against you. That's not to say that they couldn't, or even shouldn't enforce the terms of the license agreement; caveat sycophanta.

Running Adobe AIR applications without having Adobe AIR installed

Is running Adobe AIR applications without having Adobe AIR
installed possible?
Why wouldn`t it be?
And if not, when will it be possible?
Thank you.

There's no technical way this could be possible. It's like a
.swf playing without the Flash Player installed, or a Java applet
without the Java Virtual Machine. Or even like a Windows
application running without Windows. :)
There are, however, 3rd party wrappers out there to turn AIR
apps into native OS apps (basically it wraps the AIR Runtime inside
a native OS executable, like .exe). One that I can name off the top
of my head is the Shu wrapper. This is like the old school Flash
projectors, like Zinc and mProjector. The user doesn't have to
install anything to run native executables.
I would be surprised if Adobe has any plans to make an
executable wrapper for AIR, but I don't know anything. I would like
to see .air files be able to run in the AIR Runtime without having
to actually install the .air package, though.

I can not login to Adobe Application Manager without admin privilage. WHY?

I can not login to Adobe Application Manager without admin privilege. WHY? I must run app as administrator, only this way i can login using Adobe ID.

if you are receiving an error that you do not have sufficient permissions to install the software then please try installing under a newly created local Administrator account.
A normal administrator account should not run into these difficulties so it would appear the file permissions under your current account have been damaged.
Alternately you can review your installation logs to more accurately identify where the file permission errors are occurring. Please see Troubleshoot with install logs | CS5, CS5.5, CS6 -http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/troubleshoot-install-logs-cs5-cs5.html for information on how to locate and interpret your installation log files.
Hope this helps you.
Regards
Rajshree
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Is there a way to open Adobe Camera Raw without Photoshop starting?

Is there a way to start up Adobe Camera Raw without Photoshop starting? I think in the past it started without Photoshop starting; or did it?

If you select the image in Adobe Bridge you can choose File > Open in Camera Raw. Adobe Camera Raw will open the image using Bridge as the host application and you won't have to start Photoshop. There's no way to open Camera Raw without a host application.
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How can I install CS6 without a disk drive?

Hi there!
I recently purchased the Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium addition.
The sales person at the store assured me that despite not having a CD drive in my Macbook Pro there would be a way to install/download the suite with the product information in the box.
So far, all I have been able to acheive is recovering my serial code. I am compeltely at a loss of how to even begin to start the install process without the a disc drive.
Is this possible or did the sales person send me down the wrong road?
Thanks in advanced!

Hi Emma_Rose,
Welcome to Adobe Forums.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.
Please use the below link to download CS6 Design & Web Premium.
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/cs6-product-downloads.html
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