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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



acrobat.exe (Adobe Acrobat)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 52 MB


In addition to the file name, acrobat.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Adobe
Product contains:Adobe Acrobat

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/acrobat/


Win Patrol

Acrobat.exe is used to create documents in Adobe's pdf format.

acrobat.exe  is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called acrobat.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
acrobat.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x609bcddf43515377400379ab7acaa759 5168 KB
2 0x27ba508c4291e83c686aeec8c5a491a3 5108 KB
3 0xb83c9e55754e2884da46239c6d3ec271 9980 KB
4 0x17b31c1fc6996e519da5385858c8b8f3 5168 KB
5 0x4ba768774955303fcc85e709430edf89 5168 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x9bcc8016c71c3faeb3d1111a085844fb 5292096 bytes
7 0xfa0c3c1ba6d891982b065ab93f151149 5230652 bytes
8 0x7d81d17656485935d757a50bfa966628 5230652 bytes
9 0x718bac6b592e930b2715d9c87225bb19 75376 bytes
10 0x03d8b8bb7d941519fc36abf5edbb34ed 5230652 bytes

Match #2



acrobat.exe (Acrobat.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 89 MB


In addition to the file name, acrobat.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product contains:Adobe Acrobat
File name contains:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

Acrobat.exe -

acrobat.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.




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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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