How to remove an AdobeARM error

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AdobeARM.exe file information

The process known as Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager or Adobe Reader X (version (10.1.2)) belongs to software Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager or Adobe Reader or Adobe Reader X or REACT! Player or Adobe Reader X MUI or Adobe Acrobat X Pro by Adobe Systems (www.adobe.com).

Description: AdobeARM.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 843,712 bytes (23% of all occurrences), 932,288 bytes and 8 more variants.
AdobeARM.exe is a Verisign signed file. File AdobeARM.exe is digitally signed. AdobeARM.exe is not a Windows system file. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program has a visible window. AdobeARM.exe is able to record inputs and monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 9% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
The software vendor offers the option to uninstall Adobe Reader or Adobe Reader X software via Windows Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs and Features (Windows 7/Vista), consult Adobe’s Customer Service or make sure that you have installed the latest version.

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Important: Some malware camouflages itself as AdobeARM.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the AdobeARM.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Bestandteil von Adobe Avrobat Reader 9.3
Rowdy

AdobeARM.exe is a part of new Adobe Acrobat\Reader updater. If you manage updates yourself, it is absolutely safe to remove it from Run registry.
Leo (further information)

También creo que es inofensivo, solo por el momento.
Andrés Arce

Tells you if there is a new version of Adobe Reader available. I was having trouble with Reader X so I uninstalled it and went back to version 9, problem solved, I'm running XP w/ latest updates. Version X works fine on my Win. 7 laptop.
KenLee

Nach dem Wechsel von Kaspersky Internet Security (weil das Bezahlen nicht funktioniert hat) zu Norton, ist AdobaARM immer nach dem Start aufgetreten und hat 50 % CPU benötigt. Aus dem Startup gelöscht, ist es öfters wieder aufgetreten. Auch während des Betriebes. Es war als ADOBEARM.exe-237273D1.pf im Verzeichnis C:\Windows\Prefetch. Von dort habe ich es jetzt weggeschoben. Mehr weiß ich noch nicht.im Verzeichnis
Arthur Böck

As already said its part of the Adobe Updater. Whenever I launch Adobe 10 for example, a few seconds later this process is also launched and creates an icon in the taskbar. It also pops up a rather annoying ballon info that updates are available. I got rid of this by creating an empty .exe-file (with QBasic) and exchanging the four updater-files in C:\Program Files\Common Files" with this empty one with the same names as the original files. Now every time Acrobat wants to launch the updater, it just launches the empty file. Acrobat is happy and so am I because im rid of these update popups
utzenreuter

AdobeARM.exe is constantly running on my PC. It uses 70% of my memory and 60% of my CPU time. I can stop it in Task Manager Process but I can't delete it or uninstall it.
dano_d

Summary: Average user rating of AdobeARM.exe: based on 6 votes with 7 reviews.

1 user think AdobeARM.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user suspect danger. 1 user doesn't grade AdobeARM.exe ("not sure about it").

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