Adobe Acrobat Toolbar Worse than Malware?

Phr3n3tik writes "Adobe Acrobat has long included a toolbar plugin to automate PDF Making from Office Products. Those who found the toolbar an eyesore, or just used it infrequently could always hide it from view. Not so in their new versions, (6, and 7 apparently.) Their new take on the PDFMaker toolbar is getting some users riled up, since it is harder to Move/Hide/Delete/Uninstall this new toolbar than many forms of malware!"

Comments

Re:Where is the line...

[m50d]

If it can't be uninstalled through the standard add/remove programs thing then it's malware. Plain and simple. The only reason not to let your users remove you is if you're deliberately doing something they don't want.

Re:Simple answer:

[bl4nk]

What about people that installed it when they needed it, but later found out that they did not need it? What if they installed it when they knew it was easy to hide, and then updated their version of Acrobat?

No so simple, my friend.

It's About the User Interface

[Delilah Jones]

True, not being able to get rid of a simple toolbar is not exactly malware-worthy.

But let's face it, not being able to customize your own personal environment can be pretty frustrating.

Imagine having a stack of papers on your desk that could never be removed, no matter what you did. Dang man. That'd drive me nuts!

BTW, this discussion of permanent toolbars kind of reminds me of the invasive qualities of AOL. Ever try to get that junk off your PC? It's worse than a virus!