Why do Acrobat updates always lock up my computer?

I've a new computer, running Win 7, 64-bit, and I installed the latest Acrobat.  When it asked to install an add-on, I agreed, and, of course, the computer locked up.  This used to happen with my old computer whenever Acrobat wanted to install an update, and I've been told by others that this is typical of Acrobat.  Any suggestions?  or do I just suffer along with this behavior?  Thanks.
Gail.

I am a little concerned with what you said about add-ons. The updates are not generally called add-ons and there is a chance you got some notice that was not from Adobe and has a virus. Please check your notification carefully. At this point I would suggest you open Acrobat and go to the Help menu and do Repair, then followup with the Updates. You might want to turn off the auto-updates and just check periodically.

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