Estimated safety rating

armsvc.exe is a program which is most likely legit. So, if armsvc.exe is on your computer, it is most likely ok, and will NOT cause problems. Even if your system is clean, we still advise you to run a good antivirus with a good detection rate, in order to yourself your system against threats.

Executable file path

Usually, this application is found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\armsvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this file is 8d6ba8e7676038a27fd4ecf12cc744b0.

Is running as a service

This application is set up as a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without showing anything to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which provide useful features to other applications or to Windows in general.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs in 32-bit mode. It does not benefit of the full power of modern PC CPUs. This is quite normal because the publishers did not bother to upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description extracted from the file is Adobe Acrobat Update Service.

File version

File version stored as a property 1.824.22.5037.

Manufacturer

Author Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright © 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved..

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of the Operating System have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We recommend you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

armsvc.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays most serious programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature attached to armsvc.exe checks out perfectly. This is very good.

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Adobe Systems, Incorporated

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall routine, which is good. si are uninstall.