What is acrotray.exe?

acrotray.exe is part of AcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application. and developed by Adobe Systems Inc. according to the acrotray.exe version information.

acrotray.exe's description is "AcroTray"

acrotray.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Distillr\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected acrotray.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on acrotray.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller helper application.
Company nameAdobe Systems Inc.
File descriptionAcroTray
Internal nameAcroTray
Original filenameAcroTray.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 1984-2003 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved.
Product version6.0.0.0
File version6.0.0.2003051500

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAcroTray - Adobe Acrobat Distiller h..
Company nameAdobe Systems Inc.
File descriptionAcroTray
Internal nameAcroTray
Original filenameAcroTray.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 1984-2003 Adobe Systems In..
Product version6.0.0.0
File version6.0.0.2003051500

Digital signatures [?]

acrotray.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

1 of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the acrotray.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Worm/Win32.AutoRun
1 of the 51 anti-virus programs detected the acrotray.exe file.

Folder name variants

acrotray.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Distillr\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD578bfe3201ada2fe02d1e35d2488e5f55
SHA25682ee8678f990b6d80536a297ba073cfef3f4adb8d300562ad66b573439e34c38

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to acrotray.exe:

acrotray.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

acrotray.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

AcroTray has stopped working.

End Program - acrotray.exe. This program is not responding.

acrotray.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

acrotray.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with acrotray.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with acrotray.exe. 25% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 12 users.

User vote results: There were 3 votes to remove and 9 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with acrotray.exe. Only 12 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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