Comments on: AdobeARM.exe http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Garvin http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-30490 Fred Garvin Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:16:55 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-30490 Nice little firestorm on this issue! After purchasing a new hard drive and performing a fresh re-install of the OS and applications, I was initially impressed with the performance of this old PC.....until I installed Acrobat Reader X. What a joke. Initial load time increased exponentially AND my wireless network connection was dropping an a regular basis. I just uninstalled Acrobat Reader and re-booted. Incredible difference! I went back to FoxIt Reader....but beware the ASK.COM toolbar! The toolbar CAN be uninstalled from its own toolbar option. PDFs open fine ~AND~ my computer boots quicker ~AND~ no network drops. I agree with the above comments.... Adobe just doesn't get it! Nice little firestorm on this issue! After purchasing a new hard drive and performing a fresh re-install of the OS and applications, I was initially impressed with the performance of this old PC…..until I installed Acrobat Reader X. What a joke. Initial load time increased exponentially AND my wireless network connection was dropping an a regular basis. I just uninstalled Acrobat Reader and re-booted. Incredible difference! I went back to FoxIt Reader….but beware the ASK.COM toolbar! The toolbar CAN be uninstalled from its own toolbar option. PDFs open fine ~AND~ my computer boots quicker ~AND~ no network drops.

I agree with the above comments…. Adobe just doesn’t get it!

]]> By: Duftopia http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-29523 Duftopia Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:22:40 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-29523 Adobe has always been a leader in the photo and graphics arena, there programs are top of the line and the company USE to be a very professional & reliable entity. Lately though with the Adobe elements and Online adobe products thay have gone %100 spyware, they have been spying on me for at least 2 years through the IPV6 backdoors Microsoft introduced in Xp/Sp2 and they constantly insert intrusions that slow down and clog up my operations in multiple applications. I just ran into Adobearm.exe, and now I have to chase down yet another spy and pull its teeth, again it went right though the standard fire wall piggy backing on MS windows 7. Its simply a pain in the A&^! Duf Adobe has always been a leader in the photo and graphics arena, there programs are top of the line and the company USE to be a very professional & reliable entity.

Lately though with the Adobe elements and Online adobe products thay have gone %100 spyware, they have been spying on me for at least 2 years through the IPV6 backdoors Microsoft introduced in Xp/Sp2 and they constantly insert intrusions that slow down and clog up my operations in multiple applications.

I just ran into Adobearm.exe, and now I have to chase down yet another spy and pull its teeth, again it went right though the standard fire wall piggy backing on MS windows 7.

Its simply a pain in the A&^!

Duf

]]> By: JoatMon52 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-21113 JoatMon52 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:08:25 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-21113 I checked out your link. Found a fairly large .pdf dedicated to Acrobate-Reader Updater. Now I have the info I need to remove it from the 2000+ computers in my business environment. AdobeArm executes every time someone logs into the computer. The only good thing it does is to check for and prevent multiple copies of updater from running on the computer. But I don't need any copies running! Thanks for the tip. I checked out your link. Found a fairly large .pdf dedicated to Acrobate-Reader Updater. Now I have the info I need to remove it from the 2000+ computers in my business environment. AdobeArm executes every time someone logs into the computer. The only good thing it does is to check for and prevent multiple copies of updater from running on the computer. But I don’t need any copies running!

Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: MarcoPolo http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-13061 MarcoPolo Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:47:25 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-13061 I have just monitored AdobeARM.exe open a connection and download from some random TPG broadband user in Australia (IP 202.7.177.26). It was using BITS and then when I turned off BITS it went direct (chewing up all of my bandwidth on the way). Does Adobe use some kind of P2P for it's updates? WTF? Seems more like malware to me. I have just monitored AdobeARM.exe open a connection and download from some random TPG broadband user in Australia (IP 202.7.177.26). It was using BITS and then when I turned off BITS it went direct (chewing up all of my bandwidth on the way). Does Adobe use some kind of P2P for it’s updates? WTF? Seems more like malware to me.

]]> By: Mark http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-12175 Mark Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:36:38 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-12175 It almost feels like Adobe is reluctant to let users disable automatic updates. There's Adobe_Updater in Common Files; the Adobe Reader preferences; and this AdobeARM.exe which is not obvious (my firewall told me about this update process, even though I'd already disabled the previous two options). It almost feels like Adobe is reluctant to let users disable automatic updates. There’s Adobe_Updater in Common Files; the Adobe Reader preferences; and this AdobeARM.exe which is not obvious (my firewall told me about this update process, even though I’d already disabled the previous two options).

]]> By: Peter Cormack http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-4073 Peter Cormack Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:49:22 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-4073 Search the MS link with "AdobeARM" & you will get some answers, but the punter responses below are not encouraging to say the least. Search the MS link with “AdobeARM” & you will get some answers, but the
punter responses below are not encouraging to say the least.

]]> By: Rose http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-3659 Rose Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:17:25 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-3659 @EF: Just tried your link, here's what the helpful people at Adobe say: "Your search of Support for AdobeARM.exe did not match any documents. " This is beyond absurd, Adobe!! ;-( @EF: Just tried your link, here’s what the helpful people at Adobe say:
“Your search of Support for AdobeARM.exe did not match any documents. ”
This is beyond absurd, Adobe!!
;-(

]]> By: EF http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 EF Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:44:29 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-2738 check out adobe documentation at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=AdobeARM.exe&cat=support Its gives a pretty good explain of what the intent and basic operation of the AdobeARM.exe updater. check out adobe documentation at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=AdobeARM.exe&cat=support

Its gives a pretty good explain of what the intent and basic operation of the AdobeARM.exe updater.

]]> By: J. Mastro http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-444 J. Mastro Wed, 26 May 2010 19:25:32 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-444 Found this thread in my hunt for residual side-effects of removing this process: Another item you may find interesting: If you add AdobeARM*.exe to a restricted policy in a domain environment you will get even more unpredictable operation. User's will randomly and continually get prompted that 'This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer'; even when sitting at the desktop. Remove AdobeARM.exe from the restricted programs list and this behavior ends. We will have to roll out a registry hack removing AdobeARM.exe from RUN instead. How annoying! Found this thread in my hunt for residual side-effects of removing this process:
Another item you may find interesting: If you add AdobeARM*.exe to a restricted policy in a domain environment you will get even more unpredictable operation.
User’s will randomly and continually get prompted that ‘This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer’; even when sitting at the desktop. Remove AdobeARM.exe from the restricted programs list and this behavior ends.
We will have to roll out a registry hack removing AdobeARM.exe from RUN instead. How annoying!

]]> By: B http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearmexe/comment-page-1/#comment-443 B Thu, 20 May 2010 00:23:31 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2010/01/adobearm-exe/#comment-443 This process appears to be an auto updater. HOWEVER, if you are having constant redirects or you have seen an adobe error such as "A 3D parsing error has occurred" right before a Antispyware Soft* malware or other episode, you may want to disable this in msconfig/start tab as well as definitely starting your virus and malware scans. This process appears to be an auto updater. HOWEVER, if you are having constant redirects or you have seen an adobe error such as “A 3D parsing error has occurred” right before a Antispyware Soft* malware or other episode, you may want to disable this in msconfig/start tab as well as definitely starting your virus and malware scans.

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