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What is AdobeARM.exe?

Part of Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager by Adobe Systems

What is it?

AdobeARM.exe is a part of new Adobe Acrobat\Reader updater. The Updater is responsible for checking for, downloading, and launching the update installer for Reader or Acrobat. The Updater primarily keeps itself up to date and downloads and extracts needed files. It does not actually install anything, as that job is handled by a separate installer. Update preferences controlled at the registry level. Log settings controlled at the registry level; log name and location is different. Checks for upd

What if I disable Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager?

If you manage updates yourself, it is absolutely safe to remove it, however Adobe Reader will not be automatically updated.
Description of adobearm.exe from Adobe Systems
“Adobe Reader software is the global standard for electronic document sharing. It is the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on Adobe PDF files. Access to all PDF files View and interact with PDF files that contain a wide variety of content, including drawings, email messages, spreadsheets, videos, and other multimedia elements. Access PDF files on the go from your mobile device. U”
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How does adobearm.exe run?

Process - AdobeARM.exe is an instance of a running program. This 64-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. AdobeARM.exe is executed by the process explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft).

How does adobearm.exe start?

Startup files (all users) run - AdobeARM.exe is registered with the run identifier 'Adobe ARM' and the execution command '"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"' in the Windows registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Run keys are startup registry keys that are used to launch an application automatically when any Windows user logs into Windows.
Scheduled task - AdobeARM.exe is launched automatically by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\Adobe online update program'. Task Scheduler provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals or even with event-based triggers.
Scheduled tasks startup - AdobeARM.exe is launched automatically when a user logs into Windows by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\Adobe ARM'. With Scheduled Tasks, any script, program, or document can be configured to run when a user logs into the PC. These tasks start every time that Windows is booted and runs in the background.

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What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.3% of all Boost users have the adobearm.exe process running.Of the 0.3% of adobearm.exe users, 91.0% have disabled it.
How stable is Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager?
Based on crash data discovered by Boost, stability is a measure of how sound this particular process and the average percent of times it crashes.
     adobearm.exe0.03%
Typical program1.26%
How resource intensive is AdobeARM.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
0.07569% CPU756858.7%
Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.
          4.47 MB RAM20.7%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
     60 /min2.7%
Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.
              22 GDI objects14.7%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
100 context switches/sec100.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\common files\adobe\arm\1.0\adobearm.exe

Are there other versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manag...?

adobearm.exe - version 1.7.4.0
adobearm.exe - version 1.7.2.0 (this)
adobearm.exe - version 1.7.0.0
adobearm.exe - version 1.6.5.0
adobearm.exe - version 1.5.7.0
adobearm.exe - version 1.4.7.0
adobearm.exe - version 1.4.5.0
adobearm.exe - version 1.1.5.0

What programs install AdobeARM.exe?

Adobe Common File Installer (by Adobe System Incorporated)
Adobe Reader 8.2.4 by Adobe Systems Incorporated - Adobe Acrobat and Reader are a set of applications designed to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF). Acrobat and Reader are widely used as a method of presenting information
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\
Size: 4.07 MB
Adobe Common File Installer by Adobe Systems Incorporated - Adobe Common File Installer installs a number of shared components between multiple Adobe programs. If you remove this program some features of other related programs might not function properly.
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/help
Install path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\
Adobe Reader 8.2.6 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\
Size: 4.07 MB
Adobe Reader 8.3.1 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\
Size: 4.07 MB
Adobe Reader 9.5.3 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\
Size: 3.8 MB
Adobe Reader 9.5.5 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\adobe\reader 9.0\reader
Size: 3.76 MB
Adobe Reader 8.2.0 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\
Size: 4.07 MB
Adobe Reader 9.5.2 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\
Size: 3.8 MB
Adobe Reader XI (11.0.03) by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Program URL: www.adobe.com
Program help URL: www.adobe.com/support/main.html
Install path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\
Size: 113.8 MB

What else is related?

adobearm.exe (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager by Adobe Systems)
livetype.dll (2013/08/28-12:10:37 by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_9_900_117_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_8_800_168_plugin.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_9_900_117_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_3_300_271_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
axsle.dll (AXSLE 2012/08/23-13:03:03 by Adobe Systems)
cooltype.dll (CoolType 2013/07/18-08:03:51 by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_8_800_175_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_8_800_175_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_8_800_174_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
npswf32.dll (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_7_700_169_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
dngcodec.dll (Adobe DNG WIC Codec by Adobe Systems)
flashutil64_11_8_800_94_activex.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
flashutil32_11_6_602_171_plugin.exe (Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller by Adobe Systems)
livetype.dll (2013/06/11-18:10:42 by Adobe Systems)
ansclient.dll (Adobe Creative Cloud Connections by Adobe Systems)
gude.dll (Gude Library by Adobe Systems)
appspanelil.dll (Adobe Creative Cloud Connection by Adobe Systems)
behancepanelui.dll (Adobe Creative Cloud by Adobe Systems)
behancepanelbl.dll (Adobe Creative Cloud by Adobe Systems)

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Stability

adobearm.exe crashes or has encountered a critical error 0.8900% of the time.
1.  
Error: Program Compatibility (PCA2)
Occurred: over 6 months ago
2.  
Error: Stopped working (APPCRASH)
Occurred: over 6 months ago

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.131072)
Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)
Microsoft Windows XP (5.2.3790.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6000.0)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6001.65536)
Windows Vista (TM) Business (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7600.0)

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File details

File name: AdobeARM.exe
Publisher: Adobe Systems Incorporated (verified)
Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager
Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager
Version: 1.7.2.0
Size: 924.17 KB
Original file name: AdobeARM.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: Adobe Systems
Certificate authority: VeriSign
Expiration date: 9/20/2013

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0805799350%
Privileged CPU: 0.0048940698%
User CPU: 0.07568586523622%
Privileged CPU time: 676928.31 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 1,699 ms
CPU cycle count: 7,834,251
CPU cycle count /min: 68,959,393
Context switches /sec: 100
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 101.63 MB
Peak committed memory: 113.98 MB
Paged memory: 4.47 MB
Peak paged memory: 4.92 MB
Paged system memory: 175.64 KB
Non-paged system memory: 14.83 KB
Working set memory: 14.35 MB
Peak working set memory: 17.61 MB
Min working set memory: 9.84 MB
Private memory: 4.47 MB
Page faults: 67,630
Page faults /min: 791
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 93
Read operations /min: 2
Total read transfer: 10.72 MB
Read transfer /min: 245.98 KB
Total write operations: 19
Write operations /min: 1
Total write transfer: 203.45 KB
Write transfer /min: 4.1 KB
Total other operations: 15,085
Other operations /min: 65
Total other transfer: 153.55 KB
Other Transfer /min: 1.02 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 22
Peak GDI objects: 23
USER objects: 28
Peak USER objects: 28
Resources
Handle count average: 320
Thread count average: 9
Thread resource averages
ntdll.dll
wininet.dll
ntdll.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
Windows platform: 64-bit
System Tray: Yes
Parent Processes
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
acrord32.exe (Adobe Reader by Adobe Systems)
Process Commands
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCC:Reader /VERSIOC:9.0 /MODC:2
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCC:Reader /VERSIOC:10.0 /MODC:2
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCC:Reader /VERSIOC:9.0 /MODC:2
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /PRODUCC:Reader /VERSIOC:10.0 /MODC:2

Startup files (all users) run details

Name: Adobe ARM
Command: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"

Scheduled task details

Name: Программа онлайн-обновления Adobe.
Command: \Программа онлайн-обновления Adobe.

Scheduled tasks startup details

Name: \Adobe ARM

Network connectivity

UDP: LISTENING on port 64806
UDP: LISTENING on port 55288
Windows Firewall allowed program: Yes

Image hashes

MD5: 3cb07566302bceeb898de270a0bec175
SHA-1: 3c79cfc02e2e9877e164d1a7e856fa6bddb34c2f
SHA-256: b234d1044d8702a0929bb48f729eb5078b44aa7cd574b6482633b51289e70200

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
comctl32.dll
comdlg32.dll
crypt32.dll
gdi32.dll
kernel32.dll
ole32.dll
oledlg.dll
psapi.dll
sensapi.dll
shell32.dll
shlwapi.dll
urlmon.dll
user32.dll
userenv.dll
version.dll
wininet.dll
winspool.drv
wintrust.dll
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