Is Adobe Reader now a Trojan for installing unwanted software?

Adobe Reader update message popped up today.  Started install of update and noticed that some McAfee Scan garbage was also being installed.  Nothing in the update invitation mentioned that I would be installing anything other than a Reader update.  I cancelled at about 67% of the process.  Reader install then finished and McAfee showed to be cancelled.  What damage was done by allowing this to go as far as I did?  I'm not happy with this attempt to hose my computer with unwanted stuff!  Where did I miss the option to decline the McAfee junk BEFORE the install was already underway?
Looks like Adobe Reader is now a Trojan for unwanted McAfee Install.  Now I can't even trust Adobe to not infect my computer.

THIS IS CHEATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People ranging from system experts to housewives install Adobe software all the time, but most of the times this occurs under very stressfull situations like: an opreating system reinstall or just after unboxing a brand new computrer. People does not come to Adobe website to browse and see if they like something, they come because they are unable to make another piece of software work, lot of them come frustrated or in a hurry, and they do not notice the check box, it is intentionally designed to pass unoticed. Even experts hit "download" without any further reading, just becuase Adobe was believed to be a serious and reliable company. But this kind of practices deminishes your credibility and image. I think, having the checkbox checked by default is not a nice practice, in fact I consider it unethical and fraudulent. A honset company would make very sure to have a checkbox like this cleared by default.
I used to trust blindly in companies like yours, because I considered them honest and ethical, but sadly this changes everything.
Too bad you cheat people like this.

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