My Adobe Flash settings (which must be edited online, for some stupid reason) are set to notify me if a download is available, but there IS NO SETTING for "do not download until I consent".
Norton has informed me that 'pepflashplayer.dll' has downloaded without my permission. How do I prevent Flash from downloading or installing updates without my permission? I would gladly grant it as soon as I verified that it really is a Flash update, but I am simply not comfortable with ANY software downloading or installing updates on its own, without the consent of the computer user.
How can I stop this from occurring?
Here is the Nortion file insight:
"Full Path: c:\Documents and Settings\Cam\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\PepperFlash\11.5.31.139\pepflashplayer.dll
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Developers Adobe Systems Incorporated
Version 11.5.31.139
Identified 2/5/2013 at 1:44:44 PM
Last Used Not Available
Startup Item No
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Very Few Users
Fewer than 5 users in the Norton Community have used this file.
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Very New
This file was released less than 1 week ago.
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Good
Norton has given this file a good rating.
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Source File:
pepflashplayer.dll
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
bd97281fd622e14aa65895989ddd55d6c65be2247c04ca5555970793bd8ac5ce
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File Thumbprint - MD5:
ec155c323a3b777441bf6a2bf4077fcc
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