The actual file name is suffixed with a number of random characters, but it starts with '' as the prefix. The job file is stored under your ~/Library/LaunchAgents folder. To launchd, Adobe Updater is a periodic job. The updater is launched by a Mac OS X system service called launchd. To stop Adobe Updater completely, one must understand how it gets run in the first place. The fact that I'm dedicating system resource every now and then so the Adobe Updater can phone home but not tell me to update is not good enough for me. Adobe update manager is really annoying, but most instructions on the web to disable it merely tells Adobe Updater not to report updates the updater still runs silently.
