AdobeARM.exe
Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.
Summary
Adobe Acrobat Reader Update Manager checks for and installs updates to Adobe Acrobat and Reader.
AdobeARM.exe is the 126th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 167,805 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0 and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
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Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0100%
- C:\Windows\Temp\...<0.01%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 2547cb9b244bd94d0a3e271a5075dfff4a4291b29906370b0cb75b8ca303fe4d30.6%
- 061f173d6a2a68c83a45ebb353241f896d6c5b9141bb2682cfdac78a1c2161888.18%
- ad25d9f873a80f454ce2acbb75246463070e216c89b042ee87b9a6204dd146c06.74%
- 9ad7c8083743312c9742f5844f6eff38d9273c3e363ed872ec3640303764e74c6.47%
- ae7ab19b182403f0b2cc294ac8affbc55d840a690d081ddf6e0d8b600295969c5.99%
- a584fc035fae83641789721e1ec396b8d76660a6cfccbd768ad91d4b4a9bf74f5.87%
- 2328bccf277532a903403dedcde6c93a99de5fc6e5c92df423847958478096ec4.21%
- 03b39c1e40731161ff527db03926e07485c051bb4c0694ab4bf16fcc212cc1244.13%
- 2deafaa07d6f27a4dd192f0875620cc2e8cfc362928f6f5afcc438083ba1be163.38%
- 5ded8a12139ad93d44491706f2f0124f532d0b43a136179604ae905e2d1ccb013.1%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe68.2%
- OUTLOOK.EXE9.81%
- explorer.exe9.71%
- armsvc.exe3.47%
- svchost.exe3.18%
- AdobeARMHelper.exe2.73%
- iexplore.exe0.86%
- firefox.exe0.75%
- WINWORD.EXE0.22%
- InDesign.exe0.15%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe71.1%
- Acrobat.exe12.56%
- AcroRd32.exe7.74%
- AdobeARM.exe3.6%
- AdobeARMHelper.exe2.62%
- taskeng.exe1.71%
- runonce.exe0.33%
- iexplore.exe0.31%
- armsvc.exe<0.01%
- QBW32.EXE<0.01%
Top Children
- reader_sl.exe45.65%
- AdobeARM.exe19.27%
- acrobat_sl.exe16.76%
- AdobeARMHelper.exe0.04%
- conhost.exe0.01%
- setup.exe0.01%
- WerFault.exe0.01%
Security Analysis
What does AdobeARM.exe normally do?
Part of Adobe software. Normal operation.
When is AdobeARM.exe suspicious?
Running from unexpected paths.
How do attackers abuse AdobeARM.exe?
Not commonly abused.
Detection guidance
No specific detection needed.
False positive notes
Normal Adobe operation.
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