The so called "Free" Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1 attempts to check for
updates everytime I invoke it. My firewall blocks it, but it's so
annoying to get this message displayed again and again.

I checked all the Edit | Preferences but couldn't find any way to
disable checking for updates. Is Adobe so dumb? or are we, the people
who agree to use such crap are the dumb?

If anyone knows how to disable Adobe Acrobat Updates please post it
here.

Thanks,
Alex