What is AcroRd32.exe? Is AcroRd32.exe spyware or a virus?

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Process name: Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader or Portable Document Format

Product: Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader

Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com)

File: AcroRd32.exe

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Users Opinions

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191 users ask for this file. 2 users didn't rate it ("don't know"). 5 users rated it as not dangerous. 1 user rated it as neutral. 1 user rated it as little bit dangerous. 4 users rated it as dangerous.

All comments about AcroRd32.exe: Matthias Neuber Adobes Acrobat Reader is used to view PDF Documents. That process seems to be necessary for the browser plugin. That plugin shows a PDF Document in a browser windows after you click a corresponding link.  See also: Link Michael Spurlock This program causes near total instability in version 6.0. Many peope don't notice it, but once you launch it, closing the application still leaves the process running. Every time you run it again, it eats up resources until your system locks up and you have to reboot. I'd call that dangerous, since it's a sure formula for data loss. Col I've open multiple PDFs and closed then down and dont get memory/heap leaks so i reckon Michael Spurlock has some other problem with IE. James Cox Necessary for PDF files to run from the internet. If you have CPU problems with this file, it's no the problem. It's being interfered with by other programs trying to access the same CPU pins at the exact same time. This will happen with all programs at least once. It's something that NanoTubes will oneday eliminate because each program will have its own electron routing through the CPU. (NanoTubes will take up much less space, therefore we will be able to use much higher freqencies without taking up space and creating so much heat.) Nik Colman AcroRd32.exe is loaded when your browser opens a pdf, however when you close the pdf the process keeps on running in the background. This is supposedly to make subsequent pdf loads a bit quicker. The process uses around 30meg of RAM and some people report increasing memory usage. If you have no pdf's open, go to Task Manager and 'End Process' to get rid of it. It is not essential and not particularly dangerous - but can be a pain. mariusz Adobe Acrobat Reader (do otwierania dokumentów pdf)  See also: Link download AcroRd.exe Anti Spy King For the most part it's ok, but every now and then it seems to start churning in the background at random eating up 50% of the cpu on a 3.2ghz processor Linda Kestner Web instructions to stop the display of PDF in browser don't work Eric After viewing a PDF file, if the process stays in memory (which it does unless you kill it in Task Manager) you run the high risk of it locking up your entire computer. I have had my machine lock up dozens of times because of this. I know because AcroRd32.exe is at 99% of CPU usage when my PC locks up. I can kill the process, but then the problem cascades to all of my other processes, each taking up 99% of the CPU until it is killed. The only way to deal with this after it starts is to quickly kill all programs and reboot before your machine locks up. This bug has existed for months. It is a totally useless program after I upgraded it from version 5 to version 6.01. Now I can't even access it. If you know more about AcroRd32.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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