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Jul 18, 2015 | 11:24 AM

ford2go

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From: Frequently frozen MN

Adobe almost got me

Hi,

Adobe has, for a while, been fairly aggressive about trying to switch me to auto update and other things.

Well on one of their 'updates', they switched me from Adobe Reader XI to Adobe Reader DC (Document Cloud). I didn't notice it at the time.

This was a 'downgrade' for my purposes. I looked around and found that you had to uninstall DC before you could reinstall XI. Otherwise you got a message stating that you already had a 'superior' product.

I managed to get back to XI -- hopefully I can stay there.

hj

Jul 18, 2015 | 04:50 PM

tjc transport

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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.

and that is why i do not update ANYTHING.
what is in my machines works fine.

Jul 18, 2015 | 06:45 PM

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From: Mi'kma'ki

you have to be careful with that too Tom because a lot of older programs get so exploited with loopholes by hackers that it can be very unsafe to run some of the older things.

Jul 19, 2015 | 05:03 AM

tjc transport

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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.

i have never had a problem yet in 15 years, except for the one time one of the kids used the desktop and it got the DOJ virus.
i only go to trusted sites and do not open email from people i do not know.

Jul 23, 2015 | 07:19 PM

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i only go to trusted sites and do not open email from people i do not know.

Not good enough on either account.

"Trusted" websites get compromised.

The systems (or ID) of people you know get compromised. The most common ransomware that's been hitting for the last two years is usually packaged and sent to you from an infected machine that belongs to someone you know and trust.