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Adobe ULTRA sneaky
Oct. 14th, 2010 12:58 amI don't know whether this started with Macromedia or Adobe, but...
Ya know how when things FORCE themselves into starting up and thrusting themselves upon you when you start your computer or a program, or even randomly or secretly scheduled...? ...and how USUALLY you can find a way to disable these advances and annoyances in the windows registry?
WELL. I just found out why I STILL get "update your flash player" when I start the computer, and I can't find it in the registry...
(this information provided for any others who need to stop it or even just for the curious/appalled reader)...
(referring to this http://www.technipages.com/disable-an-update-to-your-adobe-flash-player-is-available-message-forever.html )
(from SuperUser.com ... http://superuser.com/questions/143553/flash-player-automatic-updater-on-windows-startup )
"The updater deletes the reg key for running on startup once it loads. See http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/8/releasenotes.html "
Egads ;/
Apparently as soon as it loads any browser support, it secretly loads a hidden XML page redirector.
It's somewhat disgusting when an otherwise positive app takes on the strategy of malware... trying so hard to avoid being detected by standard users. Google Chrome does a similar thing by hiding its update schedule in the old/rarely used task scheduler.
(location where it can be disabled http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager05.html )
Apparently it can be disabled within the player itself, but I hadn't had success with that in the past.
Ya know how when things FORCE themselves into starting up and thrusting themselves upon you when you start your computer or a program, or even randomly or secretly scheduled...? ...and how USUALLY you can find a way to disable these advances and annoyances in the windows registry?
WELL. I just found out why I STILL get "update your flash player" when I start the computer, and I can't find it in the registry...
(this information provided for any others who need to stop it or even just for the curious/appalled reader)...
(referring to this http://www.technipages.com/disable-an-update-to-your-adobe-flash-player-is-available-message-forever.html )
(from SuperUser.com ... http://superuser.com/questions/143553/flash-player-automatic-updater-on-windows-startup )
"The updater deletes the reg key for running on startup once it loads. See http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/8/releasenotes.html "
Egads ;/
Apparently as soon as it loads any browser support, it secretly loads a hidden XML page redirector.
It's somewhat disgusting when an otherwise positive app takes on the strategy of malware... trying so hard to avoid being detected by standard users. Google Chrome does a similar thing by hiding its update schedule in the old/rarely used task scheduler.
(location where it can be disabled http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager05.html )
Apparently it can be disabled within the player itself, but I hadn't had success with that in the past.
