I was not offered the chance to not have it. It had to have been hidden until the installation began. Then I couldn't stop it without stopping the adobe. If it had been visible I would have seen it. When I saw install MF, I remembered I had tried that before and tried to find it without and could not. What about the other things in the list. I cannot find them on my PC. Does that mean I don't need them or they are not on the pc, just left overs from something else.

Okay - I'm a bit confused. I went to do Windows Update and it is suggesting several dot net updates - and claiming some are high priority. These are the ones: KB 982524 KB 979909 KB 979906 Should I avoid these? Should I keep on avoiding dot net updates? I realize that I already took these updates on my old laptop at work (when I was getting drivers for my touchpad - having bought this laptop used and the previous owner wiped the drive clean and reinstalled operating system and drivers - and missed the touchpad drivers). Should I just leave it be on my work laptop if things seem to be functioning alright? If these net updates are a problem, what would the problem look like? Since I maintain my desktop and my daughters, my husband's laptop and my two laptops (good one for home and old, but lovable one at work) and my mother's desktop, I'd love a guideline about these net updates (all computers have XP, except husband's laptop with Vista). Thanks. Lynn.

can you run this, see link Then this http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/ Anyway you can run Malwarebytes http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/malwarebytes-anti-malware/ Here is a link that might be useful: adwcleaner

it will redirect you and will take you to one of the sites that is auto installing the various versions of antivirus xp 2008/2009 or what ever they happen to be naming them, which are carrying many types of infections with it. This has gotten so prevalent now that the bad guys have discovered this method of taking over websites that everyone is trying to put out warnings to the community to try to make people aware if they see this suddenly happening to them NOT to click on any of the redirected pages, Not to buy any of the fake programs, but instead to immediately close out all instances of the browser, in some cases that will flush the urls out of the clipboard but not always in some it takes a reboot of the pc to clear the urls from the clipboard from what I have read. The best thing you can do is be very careful where you surf and where you click. If you use firefox you can use the no script add-on set as shown. The forums have been seeing many many cases of these exploits and several got them from very legit websites that had been hacked and a redirect put on the site. gillian don't panic about it but it is something we all need to be very aware of since it has been so on the increase. Hopefully adobe and the browsers can get some method out to help with this soon. It is better to be aware of this kind of thing so we know to come for help asap if we know we have been exposed to one of the redirects. If you see anything pop up saying it is scanning your pc and that you have infections or anything like that do NOT click anywhere on the page, close the browser or just go to start and reboot it. From what I have read the earlier versions of firefox are also affected. Also it is a good idea to go to your pc to your adobe and check for updates. You can also use the secunia inspector to see if it shows you have out of date programs. Updates should hopefully come out soon. The Secunia Online Software Inspector I just wanted to post so y'all would be aware of this stuff, don't freak out, just be alert. Always better to be prepared and educated than caught off guard.