I've never seen what you are describing but then I've never allowed
McAfee to be installed along with Flash. I would suggest that you
uninstall McAfee (if it's still around) and then uninstall Flash. Note
that you may see one or more versions of Flash installed depending on
the browser(s) you use.
After cleaning out the old stuff download Flash using this page:
<http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/> You should see 3 panels with the
middle panel controlling download and installation of McAfee. Note the
checkmark in the box. When checked it means "I agree, gimme McAfee".
Uncheck the box by clicking on it. Then click on "Install now" in the
rightmost panel.
McAfee will not be downloaded or installed and simple updates should not
do anything to change that.
ps: Running Flash (and there is almost no alternative until HTML5 takes
hold years from now) requires that you keep it updated. It is probably
one of the biggest security holes on the web. If it gets updated 3
times/week it's because it *needed* to be updated. The gremlins are
always busy probing it for holes and finding them.
To minimize the chance of being a Flash victim (and also improve your
internet and system performance) leave it turned off and have the
browser ask you to activate it. In Firefox you click on the Tools menu,
then Add-Ons then scroll to Shockwave Flash and select the "Ask to
Activate" option at far right. When you load a page that requires Flash
you'll get a pop-up asking you to allow it to run. You'll get an option
for a one-time or a permanent exception. I always choose one-time if at
all. It is generally advisable to ignore the request until something
happens that you're actually prevented from seeing what you came for.
Usually that doesn't happen since most of the users of Flash on the page
are the advertisers, not the content producers. Because you've
prevented the advertisers from running Flash the number of ads you'll
see will be reduced and your internet and system overhead will also be
reduced.
I just checked Internet Explorer and it apparently doesn't allow
prompting for activation in real time. It only allows enabling or
disabling. Click the gear icon at upper right, choose "Manage Add-ons"
scroll down to "Shockwave Flash object", select it and then choose
enable or disable in the lower panel of the page.
Good luck,
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/13/2015 12:30 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
In the past week, I have had to update Adobe Flash Player three
times. This morning, it wanted me to update three different items, and I
just decided not to for now. And it always installs some subset of McAfee,
which I then have to delete.
Usually the update window has a box to uncheck so as not to install McAfee.
It is irritating they assume you want it but such is life.
Usually, yes, but these updates do not have an "opt out" for the McAfee.
Chris
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