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What is acrord32.exe? Acrobat Reader?

Vendor:      Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product:     Adobe
Vendor Website:      http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: AcroRd32.exe:

Adobe Acrobat Reader has a habit of not going away after you run it. If you were not actually viewing a PDF file while at the time you were testing, it is likely that this copy of Acrobat Reader was left over from a previous use. If you want to stop it from running, use Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del).

acrord32.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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acrord32.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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acrord32.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.11%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 41 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
acrord32.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x358f5f9aaa7b576bb4fe74ce6e61323c 9/4/2018 2:07:00 PM Unknown 5.0.5.2001092400 Acrobat Reader 3800 KB
2 Status 0x3494c165f17a9c417e47552d40e99a88 5/29/2018 8:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 0 KB
3 Status 0xaa92c4ca02533cc14437df9d183fec30 10/7/2017 5:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 341 KB
4 Status 0x1f2fe9065bfd6bf622a7d313874283c6 10/21/2016 2:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 337 KB
5 Status 0xe16dd9faeca97b4c185426e5672becba 3/25/2016 11:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 341 KB
6 Status 0x98536d980f14545816dd33998146ee9c 3/8/2016 12:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 341 KB
7 Status 0x9e0d2a448501bf430984ba041e6658f4 3/2/2015 8:37:00 PM Unknown 5.0.1.2001032700 Acrobat Reader 3780 KB
8 Status 0xf640c9e3a35bf7270ed887a3ac3f520d 1/12/2015 12:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 0 KB
9 Status 0xb84a9b65640c61e483ab4139f0282d29 6/26/2012 8:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 1454 KB
10 Status 0x0e26f6ec0897e113503d0a223291806e 5/2/2012 3:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 2264 KB
11 Status 0xc7eddac1e795976cdf62d785836fe38d 2/3/2012 11:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 0 KB
12 Status 0x8760760326b0ce221149c961d3f72bd9 1/26/2012 10:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 341 KB
13 Status 0x4f5627a1777e75ac742dde26f86b5d48 1/26/2012 7:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 0 KB
14 Status 0xc528536bf4e4c14c2e3171900e588443 1/23/2012 11:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 341 KB
15 Status 0xba9a26a090809162ee06d6688f0ed4cf 1/15/2012 9:14:00 PM Unknown 5.1.0.2002091700 Acrobat Reader 4560 KB
16 Status 0x2f2c1e01eeb61231390759cf4ea2fe55 1/11/2012 8:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 0 KB
17 Status 0xa6c1dadbdafadea484348636dc293a10 1/10/2012 10:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 341 KB
18 Status 0xe52f48715299e83886a3e697cbdb006b 8/15/2011 7:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 337 KB
19 Status 0x3eb047d9e5d42dcd19f8d57ab10f8bfd 8/13/2011 1:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 0 KB
20 Status 0xab1f1983b7a5bf72ac1b9d1d2f781951 7/11/2011 6:28:00 PM Unknown 6.0.4.2005072500 Acrobat Reader 7488 KB
21 Status 0x23afc93b97969175c15dd89616a01016 7/4/2011 7:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Acrobat Reader 2262 KB
22 Status 0xf3caeb8021b7240dc8bbdd4cc59a63dd 5/20/2011 10:59:00 AM Unknown 7.0.2.2005060200 Acrobat Reader 32 KB
23 Status 0x3c9448772fa3fe4451fad1f55ba528d9 12/25/2010 6:43:00 PM Unknown 4.05 Acrobat Reader 2279 KB
24 Status 0x2ccc50aed1d67853fb24b8e57aa80c2b 7/6/2010 4:55:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6.2007010800 Acrobat Reader 7488 KB
25 Status 0x0841828aa9c1d578b7e2c7823e9611ab 2/15/2010 2:15:00 AM Unknown 3.0.000 Acrobat Reader 2264 KB


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