Adobe Reader XI (11.0.00) released

http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/2012/10/announcing-adobe-reader-xi.html


Download US language:
-http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.00/en_US/AdbeRdr11000_en_US.exe-

Other Languages:
-ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/11.x/11.0.00/-

 

got it earlier this morning looks exactly the same as v10

 

Updating this software reintroduces MSCONFIG item AdobeArm.exe, this item is not required to reside in MSCONFIG and can be unchecked at user discretion.

 

What is that Adobe Arm for anyway?

 

122 megabytes?
for a PDF viewer?

 

It's more than just a PDF viewer, though.

Anyway, I wonder if they have introduced any change to their sandbox? Their sandbox is based on Chromium's sandbox, and unless I'm mistaken it would be exposed to the same issues Chromium's used to be. It would be nice if Adobe Reader XI renderer processes run with an Untrusted label as well.

-edit-

Where have you seen 122 MBs? The English installer is only 36.1 MB.

 

It's part of the built-in updater. If you manually update Adobe Reader, you can safely disable that entry.

 

User choice if you don't want third party software plugging MSCONFIG.

 

If one right-clicks AdobeARM.exe, the description says Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager. There's also a process named armsvc.exe, which is the service involved in updating in the background, so that the user won't need to answer an UAC prompt.

Where have you seen it's related to the ARM processor?

 

its what allows adobe to update in the backround without user input or manual updates. if you delete or disable it your adobe programs will not auto update. thats what it does simply.

 

check the folder in Program Files/Adobe/'etc'...

bloody bloatware if you ask me.

 

Well... I personally use Chrome's PDF plugin applied to Chromium. It's all I need.

I think they should allow the users to choose what they'd like to install. Many people just want a viewer, without any editing, etc.

 

All my Readers are saying they're current even though I'm still using version 10. Did you guys update Reader manually?

Thanks.

 

I update manually gugarci. See this comment.

 

Thanks.

 

You're welcome.

 

Is it fully compatible with vista? It shows version 10.1 when I choose OS as vista in Adobe website. But I had no problem installing version 11 in my vista system

 

See also:
http://blogs.adobe.com/adobereader/2012/10/announcing-adobe-reader-xi.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/acrobat-xi/

 

Did you guys check the settings in the Preferences tab?
Edit > Preferences

I installed over the top (on XP).

Looking in the Preferences tab for example at the JavaScript Category, I saw that it was enabled. As far as I remember I had it disabled. Some other items idem.

(senior moment by me: I forgot to check the settings immediately after the install)

 

I *really* wish their plugin was Enhanced Protected Mode compatible.

 

Good point, the are usually some fine-grained security tuning to be done even on Adobe's sandbox version of Reader X (now) XI.

 

Adobe Reader X installs to something like C:\Program Files\Adobe 10, while Reader XI installs to something like C:\Program Files\Adobe 11. I wonder if the same reflects in the Registry entries? That would explain why the settings weren't as you expected them to be?

 

I was actually thinking that the new enhanced sandbox would mean the renderer processes ran with an Untrusted label, but they still run with a Low label.

 

Fined grained via the Preferences Menu.