This is related and unrelated and maybe even meta to some degree: There are a couple of companies that are guilty of using their free software update mechanism

This is related and unrelated and maybe even meta to some degree: There are a couple of companies that are guilty of using their free software update mechanism to try and trick people into installing crap they don't want (and might even mess-up their systems): Sun and Adobe. I almost happened to me last night as I updated Flash on a test system and some bullshit anti-virus crap-ware was going to be installed because I was moving fast and neglected to un-check the check-box on the site. I was able to stop the install process and start over. No harm done. These companies need public shaming to stop using this bullshit method to make a few more bucks. Are they so hard-up that they need to trick users to install crap to make money? I sure hope not. Sun, Adobe, please STOP trying to trick users into installing crap-ware they were not looking for in the first place.