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On 21 August 2010 10:49, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > I take pride in running a “clean” machine. Using autoruns.exe I find and > stop or remove any useless processes. After installing things like Nero, > Adobe Reader and various device drivers it can take hours to get rid the > mind boggling amount of utter garbage they install. > > > > Well, Adobe Reader defeated me ... straight after booting this morning I get > an Abode reader popup asking for an update. > > > > I thought I killed that stupid thing deader than Elvis months ago, but it > has outsmarted me and reappeared. My pride is shattered and I’m angry. > Despite searching the registry and the web I am unable to figure out just > how it managed to remain alive and where it has secreted itself. I found an > option in reader preferences to toggle the auto-update behaviour and I used > procmon.exe to try and find what it’s changing, but I can’t find any > registry or file writes in the log. The bastard has tricked me. > > > > The only thing to do now is get rid of Adobe Reader forever and replace it > with something else that is polite and lightweight. I’m running some web > searches for Adobe reader replacements, but I thought I’d ask in here if > anyone has one they like. > > > > Cheers, > > Greg
