We all know that it is important to keep our software updated. It has become an almost daily stream (or so it seems) of automated requests asking us to update a piece of software. Sometimes we have read about how urgent these patches are (for example the recent spate of updates to Java).
I am becoming increasingly irritated by vendors such as Adobe including downloads of other software along with the ‘important’ patch.
Adobe Flash Player is one of these pieces of software with regular updates but why do I have to remember to opt out of a download from McAfee?
I no longer click through every request for an update install without looking carefully for pre-filled check boxes.