What is Adobe Reader?

Adobe Reader is software application developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 54.46% of installations running this operating system. Adobe Reader's installer is typically 91.00 MB in size and installs around 121 files. The most common release is 6.0 with 24.32% of all installations currently using this version.

Adobe Reader is most popular in the United States with 57.10% of installations residing in this country.

Adobe Reader adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Adobe Reader is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Adobe Reader?

Adobe Acrobat and Reader are industry-leading software applications specifically engineered to efficiently view, create, edit, print, and organize Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Serving as a standard method for presenting information with a consistent and static layout akin to a traditional paper publication, Adobe's suite of tools provides users with advanced functionality. Additionally, Adobe supports the development of Acrobat plug-ins by third-party developers, enabling the integration of supplementary features to enhance the capabilities of the Acrobat program.

Software Behaviors

Services:

LogTransport2.exe runs as a service named 'VAIO Care Performance Service' (SampleCollector) "Checks the systems performance for VAIO Care.".

Firewall:

AcroRd32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

reader_sl.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Reader Speed Launcher'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 6.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 2.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Reader Speed Launcher.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 4.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 1.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe Reader Speed Launcher_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.
adobearm.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe ARM.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 7.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.
reader_sl.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 10.

Registry entries:

AdobeUpdateManager.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'updateMgr' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AdobeUpdateManager.exe" AcRdB7_1_0 -reboot 1.
AdobeCollabSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Acrobat Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
AdobeUpdateManager.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'updateMgr' and executes as C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AdobeUpdateManager.exe AcRdB7_0_0.
adobeupdater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AdobeUpdater' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdater.exe".
AdobeCollabSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Reader Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
adobecollabsync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Reader Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
reader_sl.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Reader Speed Launcher' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe".
adobecollabsync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Reader Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
adobe_updater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AdobeUpdater6' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe".
adobecollabsync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Acrobat Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\AdobeCollabSync.exe".
AdobeCollabSync.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Adobe Reader Synchronizer' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe".