Prevent Air from Installing

Team,
I have to install various products from Adobe, but I would like to disable or prevent Air from installing during the process. What are some steps to achieve this task? I use SCCM to update my Adobe products.

Password protect access to your AIR file. :)
More seriously, there's no AIR specific way to prevent
someone from stealing and serving your AIR files.
You'd have to resort to traditional methods like asking for a
serial before downloading or some form of content
management.

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