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Anonymous
November 12, 2009
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Reader 9.2 - AdobeARM - Purpose?

  • November 12, 2009
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For security reasons, I am updating Adobe Reader within our corporate environment from 9.1.3 to 9.2.  I noticed that a new executable is launched at startup called AdobeARM.EXE.  What is the purpose of this?  Is it safe to disable?

We restrict user rights - so if this is some sort of updater service, we cannot have it checking Adobe for updated versions, as the users will not be able to install.  We test all updates internally before deploying them to our users.

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Anonymous
November 13, 2009

So no one knows?  And no one from Adobe can say?  Really?!

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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November 13, 2009

You can contact Adobe. This is a user to user forum.

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Aaarrrahh6
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November 13, 2009

ARM is a processor, yes - but why would Adobe need to start this process on x86 processors, at startup, for every user?  That doesn't seem to make sense to me.

I stumbled my way through their support area and submitted a question, which will hopefully get to someone who knows on the Adobe-side.


The only reason I can think of is if you are developing websites/flash animations which you wish to distribute to a mobile device.

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