Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

1.701.3.3014	8.79%
1, 7, 4, 0	34.56%
1, 7, 2, 0	28.37%
1, 7, 0, 0	9.54%
1, 6, 5, 0	15.06%
1, 6, 5, 0	0.08%
1, 5, 7, 0	3.60%

Relationships

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

OpenSCManagerW, RegisterEventSourceW, CloseServiceHandle, DeleteService, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, OpenServiceW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegSetValueExW, RegCloseKey, RegEnumKeyExW, ControlService, ReportEventW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, RegOpenKeyExW, SetServiceStatus, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, DeregisterEventSource, CreateServiceW

crypt32.dll

CryptDecodeObject, CryptQueryObject, CertGetNameStringW, CertFreeCertificateContext, CertFindCertificateInStore, CertCloseStore, CryptMsgGetParam, CryptMsgClose

kernel32.dll

UnmapViewOfFile, FormatMessageW, GetLocalTime, CreateFileMappingW, OpenFileMappingW, GetVolumeInformationW, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, MapViewOfFile, LocalFree, CloseHandle, GetCurrentThreadId, DeleteCriticalSection, lstrcmpiW, LocalAlloc, FindClose, GetProcAddress, GetLastError, RaiseException, lstrlenW, MultiByteToWideChar, lstrcmpW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetFileAttributesW, SizeofResource, InitializeCriticalSection, GetModuleHandleW, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, LoadLibraryExW, TerminateProcess, GetStartupInfoW, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, GetCurrentProcessId, lstrcmpA, FindFirstFileW, FindResourceW, FreeLibrary, LoadResource, InterlockedCompareExchange

msvcr90.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoRevokeClassObject, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CoUninitialize, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoRegisterClassObject, StringFromGUID2, CoInitialize

shell32.dll

ShellExecuteExW, SHGetFolderPathW

user32.dll

DispatchMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, LoadStringW, CharNextW, GetMessageW

wintrust.dll

WinVerifyTrust

armsvc.exe

Adobe Acrobat Update Service by Adobe Systems (Signed)

Remove armsvc.exe

Version:	1, 7, 2, 0
MD5:	3927397ac60d943daf8808affed582b7
SHA1:	d95d0163cb309ee15a36ecfe5cb0680d01993b5c
SHA256:	2688254085c219e8ca9c5494abdad8fae52533cef7fa3c152715e0b78d591bcf

What is armsvc.exe?

Adobe Acrobat Update Service is a program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.

About armsvc.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, digita”

Details

File name:	armsvc.exe
Publisher:	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product name:	Adobe Acrobat Update Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\common files\adobe\arm\1.0\armsvc.exe
File version:	1, 7, 2, 0
Size:	63.66 KB (65,192 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Adobe Systems
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Expiration date:	Friday, September 20, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Adobe Common File Installer

Adobe Systems Incorporated

3% remove

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.

Adobe Reader X

Adobe Systems Incorporated

12% remove

“Adobe Reader lets you read and print from any system any document created as an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, with its original appearance preserved. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as the author intended by anyone with Adobe Reader. A brand new feature for the latest version of Adobe Reader is an improved 'Protected Mode' which provides the user with data theft prevention ...”

Behaviors

Services

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'AdobeARMservice' (Adobe Acrobat Update Service)
AdobeARMservice

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00024143%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00011988%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00012155%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	407,625 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	6,603/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.28 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	4.27 MB
Private (minimum):	2.83 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.28 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	39.65 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	42.19 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.54 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	4.41 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,767/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	6 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	2/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	74	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\common files\adobe\arm\1.0\armsvc.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	AdobeARMservice
Display name:	Adobe Acrobat Update Service
Description:	“Adobe Acrobat Updater keeps your Adobe software up to date.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

armsvc.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00086776%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00042095%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00044681%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	14,896/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	64 KB	1.16 MB
sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.00031940%
Kernel CPU:	0.00031940%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	1,850/sec
Memory:	208 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00000572%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000572%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	87/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	39.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate	15.00%
Windows 8.1	12.50%
Windows 7 Professional	7.00%
Windows 8	4.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro	3.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	3.00%
Windows 8 Single Language	2.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic	2.50%
Windows 8 Pro	2.50%
Windows Vista Home Premium	2.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise N	1.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	1.00%
Windows 7 Starter	1.00%
Windows Vista Home Basic	1.00%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise	1.00%
Windows 8.1 N	0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise	0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview	0.50%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 48.24% of Adobe Acrobat Update Service.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Dell	21.82%
ASUS	15.27%
Hewlett-Packard	14.18%
Toshiba	12.36%
Acer	9.09%
Lenovo	8.73%
Sony	7.27%
Samsung	3.64%
Intel	3.64%
GIGABYTE	1.82%
Medion	0.73%
Gateway	0.73%
Alienware	0.36%
Sahara	0.36%

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