Adobe Reader acts like a virus

I find it not only extremely annoying but an outright impudence that Adobe silently deletes the Adobe Reader Setup Exe after the setup has been initiated. I have never ever seen this behavior in any other program. What the heck are the programmers thinkiung? You DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION DO DELETE a downloaded file on my computer. I suggest you change this virus like behavior ASAP.

Thank you. But your answer has absolutely nothing to do with the issue I raised.
So let's try it again:
1. I download the latests setup file from the Adobe website.
2. I save the downloaded file to a folder of my choice.
3. I navigate to this folder and find the setup file.
4. I start the setup.
5. The setup file will be deleted without any prompt or confirmation.
6. Read this again.

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