You know, every time you update any Adobe product (web product as far as I know), it has a little section about the Google Toolbar for IE.  Every time it's checked as if it's something that you can't live without.  Every time, you have to uncheck it if you don't want that trash polluting your system. 

Why does Adobe give in to this low life tactic of Opt Out?  It's because Google very well knows that Everyone just clicks Next.  It's because Google is playing number games with the number of installations so they can say that they are the most "used" toolbar.  It's probably because some really bone-headed agreement because Google is supplying their Search support for their website.

I sent Adobe an email complaining about this.  And that wasn't an easy task.  As is typical with most companies, it's basically impossible to find an email address to send questions or issues to.  After navigating through a couple dozen support pages, I finally found where I can "Open a Case" and submitted my complaint.  We'll see where this goes.  I'll post any replies I get here.

Here's what I had to say:

I'm submitting this to complain about your products installing the Google Toolbar. I do not like toolbars, they are of no use to me and polute my computer. Every time someone from my family gets a prompt to update one of your products, Google toolbar gets installed. Why do you have it as Opt Out? It should be Opt In! Please change this ASAP. This is really anoying and really hurts your image.

Update:

Well, I got a response back.  One of Adobe's CSRs named Ricki sent me a response in the typical obligitory polite CSR way.  Basically they copy and pasted a bunch of useless text from their answer clue book.  To be fair, I did contact Customer Support instead of Technical support.  Maybe it's just me, but I didn't think that this really required Technical Support, it was more of a really stupid thing that some bone-head thought up.  Well, I digress, here's the response:

Hello Mike,

Thank you for contacting Adobe Customer Service.

I understand that when you update Adobe products, Google toolbar gets
installed.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

It would have been a pleasure to assist you with this issue, however; we
are unable to resolve the issue via this support portal, as this is a
technical issue.

Mike, you can call our Technical Support department at 800-642-3623 in
order to avail the installation support for your trial products, Monday
through Friday from 6:00am-5:00pm Pacific Time.

Trial versions of Adobe software provide an introduction to our
applications to help you with your purchase decision, but I need to
inform you that there is no technical support for these trial products
via this portal.

I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

You can however, post questions and comments regarding tryout software
on the User-to -User Forums on the Adobe Web site:

[forums link]

Or you can search our Support Knowledgebase for assistance. Find your
product at:

[support link]

While we are glad to help, you can obtain information more quickly in
the future by searching our knowledgebase for information on this topic
and others such as trial software, upgrades, and licensing:

[service link]

Additionally, you might consider purchasing the software. Once you have
purchased the software, you are entitled for complimentary Technical
Support. You may then contact Adobe Technical Support and resolve your
issue. If you are not satisfied with the software, you may return it and
claim for a refund.

We need to inform you that within 30 days of purchase, Adobe® will
accept the return of any product purchased directly from Adobe. Adobe
cannot process returns for products and services purchased from another
source. Indirect orders of products and services must be returned to the
source from which they were purchased and are subject to the return
policies of that source.

To learn more about Adobe Return policy, kindly refer the link given
below:

[return link]

To purchase the software, kindly contact Adobe Sales team at (800)
833-6687 (phone option 2), for further assistance. We are available 6:00
A.M to 8:00 P.M, Pacific Time.

For your records, your customer ID number is Mike. The customer ID
number is the easiest way for us to access your account in our database.
In the future, please provide this number when you contact Adobe. Your
Case Number is 200601755.

Mike, the Web Support Portal Representatives are available from Monday
to Friday. For your convenience, on weekends we have a dedicated phone
support for Customer Service related queries. Please feel free to
contact our phone support at 1 (800) 833-6687 from 6:00am-8:00pm PST, 7
days a week.

Best Regards,

Ricki S.
Adobe Customer Service

Not sure if you noticed, but Ricki appologized twice.