Carol wrote:
>Does anyone know where I can get a good version of Adobe?>>


Old versions are here:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat

It's becoming a real pain when software tries to foist on you stuff you
don't want.  Seems to me Yahoo is becoming like AOL--far too intrusive and
virus-like for my liking.

I won't have a bar of anything that tries to force me into stuff I don't
want.  Tried to download the latest Macromedia Flash player the other
day---but that also seems to have several unacceptable tags attached--so
I'm now Flashless.  Good riddance I say.

These guys are shooting themselves in the foot---but I guess they have to
make a living somehow. Perhaps we've all been too spoiled by too much
freeware for too long. Looks like the time of reckoning is now approaching.

 >>But, do I need to do anything more to be rid of it completely?  It was
uninstalled, so I don't understand why it kept trying to change the
registry.>>

Many of these programs are now nothing less than spyware--ie they have
hidden files which don't remove when you uninstall, and may be
self-replicating. If you remove them manually, there is a hidden file which
self-replicates at bootup.  You should be able to remove it by deleting
anything you don't recognise in the various startup locations--either via
Msconfig (don't forget to check the Autoexec.bat and Win.ini tabs, where
these things sometimes hide) or by using a better startup manager such as
Autoruns.  www.sysinternals.com

Don Penlington


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