Update your Flash player and get your free adware!

Ok, so perhaps Adobe hasn't sunk to the level whereby they're installing software that will fill your desktop with popup's of some questionable website but they are essentially distributing adware.
In the latest update to the flash player Adobe are by default installing an optional copy of McAfee Scan Plus and Scan Plus is simply a scaled down version of McAfee's virus scanner which will hunt down anything slightly questionable on your PC, report it to you in the most alerting manner it can and urge you to buy McAfee's products ASAP!

So if you don't want McAfee telling you a cookie found on your computer may cause the Large Hellion Collider to form a super massive black hole and crush the planet to the size of a pea, just uncheck the 'let me send you adware' checkbox on the download form.

Adobe feeling the post credit crisis pinch? Or just plain greedy?

BTW: Scan Plus does uninstall cleanly from your computer so it is only an irritation if you accidentally install it but it doesn't help the feeling of being violated by Adobe!