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AcroRd32.exe file information

The process Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader or Portable Document Format belongs to the software Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader or AcroRd32.exe or Adobe Photoshop or AcroRd32.exe by Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com).

Description: File AcroRd32.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\ (usually C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat x.0\Reader\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 65536 bytes (39% of all occurrence), 71288 bytes, 7667779 bytes, 7671876 bytes, 7663683 bytes, 3870784 bytes, 341616 bytes, 32768 bytes, 2334208 bytes, 3891268 bytes, 345712 bytes, 61440 bytes.
File AcroRd32.exe is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. AcroRd32.exe is able to record inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 30% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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I'm using Acrobat Reader 7.0. The AcroRd32.exe process eats up to 30MB of the memory. I followed the instruction at http://www.allscoop.com/tools/acrord32-exe/ and it works. Now the AcroRd32.exe only exist in the list of processes when I open a pdf file. Hope that will help others.
  Amin  

It is part of Adobe Acrobat. Not a Trojan, just poorly written code that can eat up 95% of CPU and often times can NOT be deleted through Task Manager. This is because the message "The operation could not be completed. Binnding handle is invalid" or similar will appear. You just have to close any open browser windows, reboot and hopefully not loose any data.
  Chris D.  

It is part of Adobe Acrobat. Not a Trojan, just poorly written code that can eat up 95% of CPU and often time can NOT be deleted through Task Manager as the message "The operation could not be completed. Binnding handle invalid" or similar will appear. You just have to close any open browser, reboot and hopefully not loose any data.
  Chris D.  

did not load pdf
   

Its surely useless, disable it :)
  Yhdis  

You can turn this "memory-eater" off by opening the AcroRd32.exe and then choosing Edit and then preferences and then choosing from the categories: the internet and then checking the "Allow fast web view" and "Allow speculative downloading in the background" boxes off.
  Jari Ahtiainen  

Runs when .pdf file is opened in IE. Does not terminate when document is closed. Hangs when MS Windows XP is trying to shut down or re-start. As mentioned, could possibly create an unstable environment.
   

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  Monica   (further information)

Just updated to their newest version. Constantly have problems with the thing when I shut down. Dwwin.exe trys to activate when acro is fucking up while the computer is shutting down and makes a pain out of it.
  Pollo Jack  

It is a totally useless program after I upgraded it from version 5 to version 6.01. Now I can't even access it.
   

After viewing a PDF file, if the process stays in memory (which it does unless you kill it in Task Manager) you run the high risk of it locking up your entire computer. I have had my machine lock up dozens of times because of this. I know because AcroRd32.exe is at 99% of CPU usage when my PC locks up. I can kill the process, but then the problem cascades to all of my other processes, each taking up 99% of the CPU until it is killed. The only way to deal with this after it starts is to quickly kill all programs and reboot before your machine locks up. This bug has existed for months.
  Eric  

Web instructions to stop the display of PDF in browser don't work
  Linda Kestner  

For the most part it's ok, but every now and then it seems to start churning in the background at random eating up 50% of the cpu on a 3.2ghz processor
  Anti Spy King  

download AcroRd.exe
   

Adobe Acrobat Reader (do otwierania dokumentów pdf)
  mariusz   (further information)

AcroRd32.exe is loaded when your browser opens a pdf, however when you close the pdf the process keeps on running in the background. This is supposedly to make subsequent pdf loads a bit quicker. The process uses around 30meg of RAM and some people report increasing memory usage. If you have no pdf's open, go to Task Manager and 'End Process' to get rid of it. It is not essential and not particularly dangerous - but can be a pain.
  Nik Colman  

Necessary for PDF files to run from the internet. If you have CPU problems with this file, it's no the problem. It's being interfered with by other programs trying to access the same CPU pins at the exact same time. This will happen with all programs at least once. It's something that NanoTubes will oneday eliminate because each program will have its own electron routing through the CPU. (NanoTubes will take up much less space, therefore we will be able to use much higher freqencies without taking up space and creating so much heat.)
  James Cox  

I've open multiple PDFs and closed then down and dont get memory/heap leaks so i reckon Michael Spurlock has some other problem with IE.
  Col  

This program causes near total instability in version 6.0. Many peope don't notice it, but once you launch it, closing the application still leaves the process running. Every time you run it again, it eats up resources until your system locks up and you have to reboot. I'd call that dangerous, since it's a sure formula for data loss.
  Michael Spurlock  

Adobes Acrobat Reader is used to view PDF Documents. That process seems to be necessary for the browser plugin. That plugin shows a PDF Document in a browser windows after you click a corresponding link.
  Matthias Neuber   (further information)

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