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Sasha
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 Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject: Adobe Caution: Installing Unofficial Reader Patc |
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Adobe Caution: Installing Unofficial Reader Patch
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September 16, 2010 - Adobe cautions users about installing unofficial Adobe Reader patch.
Update: Security researchers have released what they say is an unofficial fix for the critical Adobe Reader vulnerability that's being actively exploited to install malware on machines running Microsoft Windows.
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MichaelC
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| Is there any way to really and truly REMOVE the "checking for adobe updates" that plagues the startup of my windows vista? It seems I've tried everything but still it is there. |
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Sasha
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Back in the old days, there were a lot of places an application could hook itself to run at startup. You had to check the registry in more than one place, as well as your start menu. With Windows Vista, there’s a built-in panel that handles all that for you.
To quickly get to this panel, you can open Control Panel, and then type “startup” into the search box. The link for “Stop a program from running at startup” shows up immediately.
Now you can see the Windows Defender screen that lets you manage the startup programs.
You can choose to Remove or just Disable any startup item using this panel, as well as lots of other useful information so that you can see what each item is.
How to programmatically disable Adobe Updater
http://www.ardamis.com/2010/07/08/how-to-programmatically-disable-adobe-updater/
From Adobe
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402251.html
Ditch Vista and get Windows 7 MichaelC - much better O/S
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MichaelC
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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thanks, sasha, will let you know if it did not work.
I think my next one will be a MAC |
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MichaelC
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| It's still doing it. I disable or delete the update as you said and it just keeps coming back! |
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Sasha
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Sasha
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Sorry for the ol' dbl
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