Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

11.0.07.79 6.10%
11.0.06.70 1.22%
11.0.04.63 13.41%
11.0.03.37 6.10%
11.0.02.0 1.22%
11.0.01.36 8.54%
11.0.0.379 9.76%
10.1.8.24 3.66%
10.1.7.27 8.54%
10.1.6.1 1.22%
10.1.5.33 4.88%
10.1.4.38 15.85%
10.1.0.534 3.66%
10.0.0.396 1.22%
9.5.3.305 1.22%
9.5.2.295 4.88%
9.2.0.124 1.22%
9.0.0.2008061200 1.22%
8.3.1.289 1.22%
8.1.0.2007051100 2.44%
7.0.0.0 1.22%
6.0.1.2003110300 1.22%

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegQueryValueExA, RegOpenKeyA, RegQueryValueA, RegOpenKeyW, RegQueryValueExW, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExA, CryptGenKey, GetSecurityInfo, SetEntriesInAclW, SetSecurityInfo, GetTokenInformation, AllocateAndInitializeSid, OpenProcessToken, EqualSid, FreeSid, RegCreateKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegSetValueExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegCreateKeyExW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, RegDisablePredefinedCache, RevertToSelf, SetThreadToken, CreateProcessAsUserW, SetTokenInformation, GetLengthSid, ConvertStringSidToSidW, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, DuplicateTokenEx, CreateRestrictedToken, DuplicateToken, LookupPrivilegeValueW, CopySid, CreateWellKnownSid, AccessCheck, MapGenericMask, GetNamedSecurityInfoW, OpenThreadToken, CheckTokenMembership, CryptGetProvParam, CryptSetProvParam, CryptGenRandom, CryptDecrypt, CryptHashData, CryptSignHashA, CryptSignHashW, CryptGetHashParam, CryptSetKeyParam, CryptAcquireContextA, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptImportKey, CryptGetUserKey, CryptCreateHash, CryptReleaseContext, CryptDestroyKey, CryptDestroyHash, RegFlushKey, RegQueryValueW
gdi32.dll
CreateBitmap, CreateCompatibleBitmap, GetMapMode, BitBlt, GetTextMetricsW, CreateEnhMetaFileW, CreateMetaFileW, SetMapMode, SetWindowOrgEx, SetWindowExtEx, SetViewportExtEx, StretchDIBits, CloseEnhMetaFile, DeleteEnhMetaFile, SetBkColor, GetCurrentObject, GetRgnBox, CreateRectRgn, CombineRgn, SetPolyFillMode, GetObjectType, SetDIBits, CloseMetaFile, DeleteMetaFile, GetEnhMetaFileHeader, GetObjectW, GetDIBits, GetEnhMetaFileBits, GetWorldTransform, EnumEnhMetaFile, PlayEnhMetaFileRecord, SetWorldTransform, ModifyWorldTransform, SetEnhMetaFileBits, PlayEnhMetaFile, SelectObject, GetFontData, CreateScalableFontResourceW, RemoveFontResourceW, DeleteDC, DeleteObject, CreateFontIndirectW, CreateDCW, GetClipBox, GetTextColor, GetTextAlign, GetBkMode, GetStretchBltMode, GetPolyFillMode, GetMiterLimit, AddFontResourceW, ExtEscape, Escape, ResetDCW, EndDoc, EndPage, StartPage, AbortDoc, StartDocW, CreateDCA, CreateICW, DPtoLP, GetTextExtentPoint32W, GetStockObject, GetBkColor, CreateSolidBrush, CreateCompatibleDC, GetDeviceCaps
kernel32.dll
CloseHandle, UnmapViewOfFile, CreateFileA, VirtualQueryEx, GetCurrentProcess, MapViewOfFile, CreateFileMappingW, GetFileAttributesA, FindClose, FindNextFileA, FindFirstFileA, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, GetTempPathA, GetWindowsDirectoryA, GetSystemDirectoryA, GetModuleFileNameA, SizeofResource, LockResource, LoadResource, FindResourceW, GetSystemInfo, MultiByteToWideChar, LoadLibraryW, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetModuleHandleW, WaitForSingleObject, CreateSemaphoreW, ReleaseSemaphore, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, HeapDestroy, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, GetVersionExA, IsDebuggerPresent, OutputDebugStringA, GetVersionExW, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, GetCurrentThreadId, FindResourceExW, GetCurrentProcessId, GetThreadLocale, GetLocaleInfoA, GetACP, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, Sleep, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetStartupInfoW, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, InterlockedExchange, DllMain, CreateFileMappingA, LoadLibraryA, GetModuleHandleA, CreateSemaphoreA, GetStartupInfoA, VirtualProtect, GetCommandLineA, ExitProcess, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, WideCharToMultiByte, GetLastError, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, GetOEMCP, GetCPInfo, VirtualAlloc, RtlUnwind, VirtualQuery, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW
msvcp80.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
ole32.dll
CoCreateInstance, CoTaskMemFree, CLSIDFromString, GetHGlobalFromStream, CoMarshalInterface, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, StringFromCLSID, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoInitialize, StringFromGUID2, OleLockRunning, CoGetClassObject, OleInitialize, OleUninitialize, CoInitializeEx, CoLockObjectExternal, CoTaskMemAlloc, CLSIDFromProgID, CoRevokeClassObject, ReadClassStg, GetConvertStg, WriteFmtUserTypeStg, WriteClassStg, CreateDataAdviseHolder, CreateOleAdviseHolder, CoDisconnectObject, CoRegisterClassObject, CoResumeClassObjects, CoUninitialize, CoUnmarshalInterface, ReleaseStgMedium, MkParseDisplayName, CreateBindCtx
secur32.dll
FreeContextBuffer, FreeCredentialsHandle, InitializeSecurityContextA, AcquireCredentialsHandleA, DeleteSecurityContext
shell32.dll
SHGetMalloc, SHGetPathFromIDListA, SHGetSpecialFolderLocation, SHGetFolderPathW, ShellExecuteExW, SHGetFileInfoW, FindExecutableW, SHBrowseForFolderW, SHGetPathFromIDListW, ShellExecuteW, SHCreateDirectoryExW, CommandLineToArgvW
shlwapi.dll
PathRemoveBackslashW, PathAddBackslashW, PathCreateFromUrlW, PathFindFileNameW, UrlCanonicalizeW, PathIsUNCW, PathFindExtensionW, PathCombineW, PathIsDirectoryW, AssocQueryStringW, UrlGetPartW, PathIsRelativeW, PathFileExistsW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathAppendW, SHDeleteKeyW, PathIsURLW, UrlIsW, StrStrIW, StrStrIA
user32.dll
MessageBoxW, SendMessageW, FindWindowW, UnregisterClassA, GetDC, ReleaseDC, RegisterClipboardFormatW, DispatchMessageW, PeekMessageW, TranslateMessage, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, DdeDisconnect, DdeConnect, DdeCreateDataHandle, DdeAddData, SystemParametersInfoW, GetThreadDesktop, GetProcessWindowStation, CloseWindowStation, GetDesktopWindow, CreateWindowStationW, CreateDesktopW, GetUserObjectInformationW, PostThreadMessageW, GetActiveWindow, SetTimer, GetAsyncKeyState, UnregisterClassW, RegisterClassW, EnableWindow, SetWindowTextW, GetWindowInfo, EnumChildWindows, GetRawInputDeviceList, GetRawInputDeviceInfoW, SetWindowPos, GetWindowRect, GetWindowTextW, GetWindowTextLengthW, CreateIconFromResourceEx, UnhookWindowsHookEx, SetDlgItemTextW, SetWindowsHookExW, GetParent, GetClassNameW, FindWindowExW, DdeClientTransaction, SetActiveWindow, IsWindowEnabled, CloseWindow, GetClipboardFormatNameA, GetClipboardData, OpenClipboard, CloseClipboard, EmptyClipboard, SetClipboardData, IsClipboardFormatAvailable, EnumClipboardFormats, CountClipboardFormats, GetClipboardFormatNameW, GetClipboardSequenceNumber, GetClipboardOwner, GetOpenClipboardWindow, GetClipboardViewer, LoadCursorW, LoadIconW, SetFocus, GetFocus, SendDlgItemMessageW, MoveWindow, GetClientRect, UpdateWindow, GetClassInfoExW, IsChild, GetMessageW, GetSysColor, ClientToScreen, ScreenToClient, InvalidateRect, InvalidateRgn, RedrawWindow, SetCapture, ReleaseCapture, FillRect, CallWindowProcW, EndPaint, BeginPaint, DestroyAcceleratorTable, CreateAcceleratorTableW, IsDialogMessageW, MapWindowPoints, GetMonitorInfoW, MonitorFromWindow, SetCursor, LoadBitmapW, SetWindowContextHelpId, MapDialogRect, CreateDialogIndirectParamW, GetWindowDC, SetPropW, PostQuitMessage, GetPropW, DdeGetData, EnumThreadWindows, SetForegroundWindow, IsWindowVisible, DdeInitializeW, DdeUninitialize, DdeFreeStringHandle, DdeCreateStringHandleW, DdeNameService, FindWindowA, RegisterWindowMessageA, SetWindowLongW, ShowWindow, SetProcessWindowStation, SetThreadDesktop, OpenInputDesktop, CloseDesktop, DefWindowProcW, CreateWindowExW, RegisterClassExW, RegisterWindowMessageW, PostMessageW, DestroyWindow, EnumWindows, IsWindow, UserHandleGrantAccess, SetParent, GetWindowLongW, GetWindow, BringWindowToTop, GetSystemMetrics, GetForegroundWindow, EndDialog, GetDlgItem, AllowSetForegroundWindow, CharNextW, DialogBoxParamW, GetGUIThreadInfo, GetWindowThreadProcessId, GetPriorityClipboardFormat, ChangeClipboardChain, SetClipboardViewer, RegisterClipboardFormatA, SendNotifyMessageW, wsprintfW, SendMessageA, MessageBoxA

AcroRd32.exe

Adobe Reader by Adobe Systems (Signed)

Remove AcroRd32.exe
Version:   9.0.0.2008061200
MD5:   e16dd9faeca97b4c185426e5672becba
SHA1:   f32087a346bcc58dedcfe1bc32f221d486a385c7
SHA256:   c21bfc263890f02763f56b4e9f5cf9113656cf09d7864b53ec2fd2024bdadd60

What is AcroRd32.exe?

Adobe Acrobat is a set of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Overview

AcroRd32.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Adobe Reader 9 published by Adobe Systems Incorporated, Adobe Reader 9 Lite from Adobe Systems Incorporated and Adobe Reader 9 Lite by Adobe Systems Incorporated. The file is digitally signed by Adobe Systems which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:AcroRd32.exe
Publisher:Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product name:Adobe Reader
Description:Adobe Reader 9.0
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\adobe\reader 9.0\reader\acrord32.exe
File version:9.0.0.2008061200
Size:341.35 KB (349,544 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Adobe Systems
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Monday, September 18, 2006
Expiration date:Thursday, November 5, 2009
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
Entropy:5.351788
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Adobe Systems Incorporated
10% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
4% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
12% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
8% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
4% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
8% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
12% remove
Adobe Reader 9 Font Packs enable you to display and interact with documents authored in languages other than those supported in your native Adobe Reader software. They are needed to correctly display a document when an author does not embed the appropriate font into the document. They are also needed when the author does embed the font, but the reader of the document wishes to interact in some way with its content, for example, by colla...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
7% remove
Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave) is a multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to web pages. It allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser on any computer which has the Shockwave plug-in installed. Shockwave movies are authored in the Adobe Director environment. While there is support for including Flash movies inside Shockwave files, authors often cho...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
3% remove
Adobe Reader is a program that is intended to give you the capability to read, edit and print the popular Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file type, as well as adding a whole host of functions on top of the basic reader. PDF files are a particularly professional looking file type that enables you to read texts in precisely the way that the original author intended. Both PDF files and Adobe Reader have become industry standards.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
10% remove
Adobe Reader 9 Font Packs enable you to display and interact with documents authored in languages other than those supported in your native Adobe Reader software. They are needed to correctly display a document when an author does not embed the appropriate font into the document. They are also needed when the author does embed the font, but the reader of the document wishes to interact in some way with its content, for example, by colla...
Adobe Systems Incorporated
12% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
9% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
7% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
5% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
4% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
4% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
8% remove
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 with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. Adobe also allows Acrobat plug-ins to be developed by third parties, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
12% remove
Adobe Reader is a program that is intended to give you the capability to read, edit and print the popular Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file type, as well as adding a whole host of functions on top of the basic reader. PDF files are a particularly professional looking file type that enables you to read texts in precisely the way that the original author intended. Both PDF files and Adobe Reader have become industry standards.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
8% remove
Adobe Systems Incorporated
4% remove

BehaviorsBehaviors

Scheduled tasks
  • The task '{7BA77A3A-9000-4A31-AA85-9153D38FD7C7}' runs on registration in the path '\{7BA77A3A-9000-4A31-AA85-9153D38FD7C7}'
  • The job '{C38D5D8F-604E-43D3-8739-B66C1B490541}' runs on registration in the path '\{C38D5D8F-604E-43D3-8739-B66C1B490541}'
  • The job '{A5EA3B4C-A5F1-4E0E-8F40-35BCB2C35E59}' runs on registration in the path '\{A5EA3B4C-A5F1-4E0E-8F40-35BCB2C35E59}'
  • The task '{95B0BB98-D891-4F39-B1BF-E5875B328A92}' runs on registration in the path '\{95B0BB98-D891-4F39-B1BF-E5875B328A92}'
  • The job '{4BD76361-419D-4920-8936-F6F03D4420BA}' runs on registration in the path '\{4BD76361-419D-4920-8936-F6F03D4420BA}'
  • The task '{9F90E156-3443-4F55-BDE7-83312D6A3B97}' runs on registration in the path '\{9F90E156-3443-4F55-BDE7-83312D6A3B97}'
  • Entry path '\{BCBC90BC-7132-43D2-93A1-EB18C7AB46D2}'
  • Entry path '\{B6D33AB2-D5BE-4A57-84A7-1AD706526772}'
  • Entry path '\{951A0EC2-87B8-4DCA-88D3-96A448B71B78}'
  • Entry path '\{6BA3BAE6-9367-4952-B0C7-5AA62F8977DC}'
  • Entry path '\{56E820C4-C882-4899-9AE3-1810142BA6BA}'
  • Entry path '\{4A05E0BF-EDDF-4C3B-B51B-35C63CA19FC6}'
  • Entry path '\{2505ED7D-D0A4-4A7E-B9E8-5FFDFDB6F802}'
  • Entry path '\{0FCB99A3-188B-4F9E-B845-7C85CD0392B6}'
  • Entry path '\{867D4E1F-80BE-4A2D-8157-1A8705020099}'
  • Entry path '\{3323ED45-BDD5-46DD-B0D0-49B72DE4D5E4}'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.23547975%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.10657799%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.12890176%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:296 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
User CPU time:83 ms/min
0 ms/min
CPU cycles:10,726,198/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:19.06 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):31.96 MB
Private (minimum):31.96 MB
Non-paged memory:19.06 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:133.75 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):149.26 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:31.96 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):40.43 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:12,755/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:267.33 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:40/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:1.27 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:10/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:27.39 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:499/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:183
600
GUI GDI count:136
103
GUI GDI peak:209
142
GUI USER count:131
49
GUI USER peak:134
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\adobe\reader 9.0\reader\acrord32.exe" "C:\users\user\desktop\red foundry.pdf"
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 42.68%
Windows 8 9.76%
Windows 8 Pro 8.54%
Windows 7 Professional 8.54%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.32%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.10%
Windows 7 Starter 3.66%
Windows XP Professional 3.66%
Windows 8.1 Pro 2.44%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.44%
Windows 8.1 N 1.22%
Windows Vista Ultimate 1.22%
Windows Vista Home Premium 1.22%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.22%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 48.68% of Adobe Reader.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 28.57%
Hewlett-Packard 16.07%
Acer 16.07%
Dell 10.71%
Sony 7.14%
Toshiba 7.14%
GIGABYTE 7.14%
Intel 7.14%
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