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Adobe 7 pulls a cheap shot

Jun 7, 2005 8:18AM PDT

I downloaded Adobe Reader 7 having deselcted the Yahoo toolbar feature. But it downloaded the Yahoo toolbar feature anyway. I removed Reader 7 and re-downloaded, again having deselected the Yahoo toolbar option and again it downloaded the Yahoo toolbar option.

It seems Adobe and Yahoo have become sleezy bed pals.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the Yahoo toolbar with out getting rid of both sleezy bed pals?

Sure apprciate any help I can get with this.

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Hi caktus...
Jun 7, 2005 9:03AM PDT

I downloaded and have Adobe Reader 7 running on my Win XP SP-2 machine. I do no have the Yahoo Toolbar feature to the best of my knowledge. Where are you finding the toolbar... if I have it I do not know where its located. Matter of fact I do not recall being given an option like you were. Strange!

Glenn

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RE: Hi caktus...
Jun 7, 2005 11:00AM PDT

Diwnloaded it to my XP machine from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

After selecting Language, Platform and Connection speed the Yahoo Toolbar feature and other selectable features appeared. The features were pre-selected and I de-selected them. But the Yahoo toolbar was downloaded anyway. The Yahoo toolbar was placed nearly all the way to the left on the Reader 7 toolbar.

Besides the fact that I find the Yahoo toolbar unnecessary, I get a bit peeved when someting I do not intend to permit on my compluter is under-handedly placed there anyway.

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(NT) (NT) Caktus, thanks for the clarification! :D
Jun 7, 2005 11:18AM PDT
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Yahoo toolbar
Jun 7, 2005 10:35AM PDT

Are you referring to the tool button in Adobe or did it put something in your browser. I believe there is a difference. I found the button in my own acrobat 7 and was able to remove it by going to View/Toolbars/Search the Internet and unchecking that box. Good riddance to Yahoo.

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Thanks Steven...
Jun 7, 2005 11:05AM PDT

That did the trick. Now I'm looking for anything else that may have been snuk-in. Mabe I'm just being paranoid, but I'll blame that on adobe Reader 7.

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Steven, Thanks! Had not noticed the...
Jun 7, 2005 11:21AM PDT

Google Search but deactivated as you instructed. I use Adobe Reader so little that I am not familiar with its features. Grin

Glenn