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What is reader_sl.exe? Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher

Vendor:      Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product:     Adobe Acrobat
Vendor Website:      http://www.adobe.com/
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: Reader_sl.exe is part of Adobe Reader.
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"SpeedLauncher" loads part of Adobe Reader application, even if you are not using it, so, when the Adobe Reader is loaded it will be faster, however it will use resources like, memory, time processor, disc access, etc.
Not required for Adobe Reader to function properly.

reader_sl.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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reader_sl.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.29%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
reader_sl.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x54c88bfbd055621e2306534f445c0c8d More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 5 11 53 Not Applicable
2 Status 0x0600cb2613bea0c6c0987b58d56d77b9 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 4 24 108 Not Applicable
3 Status 0xdfcb9ade94a4f8a7c42eef41101a30ad More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 3 16 80 Not Applicable
4 Status 0x43362b96870ce8649f4f2ec893da93f0 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 6 11 59 Not Applicable
5 Status 0x3c6fa2f4d58611579b21798e0568f548 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 52 238 818 Not Applicable
6 Status 0xe97140424c378acbd47df493a6ab7235 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 2 48 185 Not Applicable
7 Status 0xc98ff6c440e8967251f59c7919b505a1 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 2 11 57 Not Applicable
8 Status 0x69169586efad19f53c2012ffd8fdcf45 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 1 5 9 Not Applicable
9 Status 0x69b16c7b7746ba5c642fc05b3561fc73 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 2 2 2 Not Applicable
10 Status 0xf91f52f4ea5d88dab6245682a16f3a72 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 1 4 19 Not Applicable
11 Status 0x505f022493d471025add399a4162208b More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 1 5 13 Not Applicable
12 Status 0x58b8702c20de211d1fcb248d2fdd71d1 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 845 6814 26485 Not Applicable
13 Status 0x07cdd5732a8a084ba8ec10287caddd36 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 2 20 97 Not Applicable
14 Status 0xc8841ef9357dd13468cdafc28bfbc86f More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 9 56 218 Not Applicable
15 Status 0x33e5a8fc8eb0ee42478f8538d0215d8f More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 2 4 38 Not Applicable
16 Status 0x488dfca5bb51550681ae88ba7907ad7e More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 1 2 2 Not Applicable
17 Status 0x81adbc4e31a721aef23251a952049ba2 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 29 237 1403 Not Applicable
18 Status 0xdeb88aef013dd1eefb462d7cad642166 More File Information 6/15/2013 Unsigned 1 10 56 Not Applicable
19 Status 0xa33452a42bdf214e7fc40cb470515605 More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 200 1712 6281 Not Applicable
20 Status 0xf4f7c86191a981c804326e2ef6f3604f More File Information 6/15/2013 Signed 1 16 54 Not Applicable
21 Status 0xe66532fd491ad5604c36916715fba092 More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 0 19 139 Not Applicable
22 Status 0x8eeef4c038a3ff7e56d47d9c0b912eac More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 0 1 2 Not Applicable
23 Status 0x8a6683ac1dafa824615bb3857ef8c709 More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 0 2 8 Not Applicable
24 Status 0x0bfe25805ba658c32ccda7b0c470c269 More File Information 6/13/2013 Signed 0 2 23 Not Applicable
25 Status 0x452fa961163ef4aee4815796a13ab2cf More File Information 6/13/2013 Signed 0 9 58 Not Applicable
26 Status 0xe595f220ed529885d8bc0ef42e455e4d More File Information 6/13/2013 Signed 0 4 38 Not Applicable
27 Status 0x392845e8d49b5f0e81aac4d795000a8c More File Information 6/13/2013 Signed 0 2 11 Not Applicable
28 Status 0x02ebf3a363f9f331cf1faf0c00f53eb9 More File Information 6/12/2013 Signed 0 2 8 Not Applicable
29 Status 0x826ddbbca98f2e6cd1dfe33cef33994c More File Information 6/11/2013 Signed 0 4 31 Not Applicable
30 Status 0x66d4456c920e21bd2188f8cc33680df5 More File Information 6/10/2013 Signed 0 2 30 Not Applicable
31 Status 0x8b9145d229d4e89d15acb820d4a3a90f More File Information 6/8/2013 Signed 0 0 6 Not Applicable
32 Status 0x466ce40eaa865752f4930a472563e4e1 More File Information 6/4/2013 Signed 0 0 1 Not Applicable
33 Status 0x37bf603c3685289ca684c4d3400a9de7 More File Information 6/1/2013 Signed 0 0 2 Not Applicable
34 Status 0xa32b25970003b6aba027eff8eeda12a3 More File Information 5/29/2013 Signed 0 0 2 Not Applicable
35 Status 0x616fa62edcdd9638414ed26477fb9b5c More File Information 5/16/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
36 Status 0x12673bcf7b32087df63f0cff550ea40b More File Information 4/12/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
37 Status 0xd8152dd555441e438b1511994ad3415f More File Information 4/8/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
38 Status 0x228467cf9a41e748945c90c79766fb24 More File Information 4/2/2013 Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Unruy.h.1 (v)
39 Status 0x07b9233d1b5554a7f3f05aa36755a8e9 More File Information 2/26/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
40 Status 0xe28d00ec675f5f5a5a0555e7a4523a6e More File Information 2/17/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
41 Status 0x7ebac86f13f61d132126a8ea40e282ee More File Information 12/16/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
42 Status 0xe079513490c1da5b1516af9c0e97618f More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
43 Status 0x007b9233d1b5554a7f3f05aa36755a8e More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
44 Status 0x4ff27eb0e867a04f981342ddf276c6fc More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Not Applicable
45 Status 0x06e4af8985059d4a82fee1e24b3cd97a More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
46 Status 0x2722c07e5bcf56748d124d4d321e3f78 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
47 Status 0x3483dc9afca2d7f4934735a5a4a73eeb More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0x58b8702c20de211d1fcb248d2fdd71d1 10/17/2012 10:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 39 KB
2 Status 0x3c6fa2f4d58611579b21798e0568f548 8/15/2012 7:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 34 KB
3 Status 0x505f022493d471025add399a4162208b 2/8/2012 2:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB
4 Status 0x69b16c7b7746ba5c642fc05b3561fc73 2/7/2012 10:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 33 KB
5 Status 0x488dfca5bb51550681ae88ba7907ad7e 2/7/2012 9:09:00 AM Unknown 8.0.0.0 Acrobat Reader 39 KB
6 Status 0x66d4456c920e21bd2188f8cc33680df5 2/7/2012 8:17:00 AM Unknown 8.0.0.0 Acrobat Reader 39 KB
7 Status 0xdfcb9ade94a4f8a7c42eef41101a30ad 2/7/2012 4:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 29 KB
8 Status 0xc8841ef9357dd13468cdafc28bfbc86f 2/6/2012 10:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB
9 Status 0x826ddbbca98f2e6cd1dfe33cef33994c 2/6/2012 4:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB
10 Status 0xa32b25970003b6aba027eff8eeda12a3 2/5/2012 8:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 34 KB
11 Status 0x392845e8d49b5f0e81aac4d795000a8c 2/5/2012 7:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 38 KB
12 Status 0x37bf603c3685289ca684c4d3400a9de7 2/5/2012 8:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB
13 Status 0x12673bcf7b32087df63f0cff550ea40b 2/4/2012 6:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 34 KB
14 Status 0xe284188c5cf416378cc740eb13059a50 2/4/2012 3:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 38 KB
15 Status 0x8eeef4c038a3ff7e56d47d9c0b912eac 2/4/2012 1:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB
16 Status 0xdeb88aef013dd1eefb462d7cad642166 2/4/2012 5:27:00 AM Unknown 7.0.0.0 Acrobat Reader 29 KB
17 Status 0x69169586efad19f53c2012ffd8fdcf45 2/3/2012 2:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB
18 Status 0x452fa961163ef4aee4815796a13ab2cf 2/3/2012 2:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 34 KB
19 Status 0x8b9145d229d4e89d15acb820d4a3a90f 2/2/2012 2:26:00 PM Unknown 8.0.0.0 Acrobat Reader 38 KB
20 Status 0x54c88bfbd055621e2306534f445c0c8d 1/30/2012 8:22:00 PM Unknown 8.0.0.0 Acrobat Reader 39 KB
21 Status 0xf91f52f4ea5d88dab6245682a16f3a72 1/30/2012 2:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 35 KB
22 Status 0x466ce40eaa865752f4930a472563e4e1 1/30/2012 2:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 34 KB
23 Status 0x33e5a8fc8eb0ee42478f8538d0215d8f 1/26/2012 9:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 34 KB
24 Status 0x43362b96870ce8649f4f2ec893da93f0 1/22/2012 10:38:00 AM Unknown 7.0.5.2005092300 Acrobat Reader 29 KB
25 Status 0x0bfe25805ba658c32ccda7b0c470c269 1/17/2012 11:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Adobe Acrobat SpeedLauncher 0 KB



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