Security and improved functionality. Updates safeguard your system against malicious attacks through PDF files.
Because PDFs are used so universally, they can be a target for hackers. Adobe provides regular updates to safeguard your computer from attacks. If you've gotten multiple update messages, make sure the last update fully installed. Some browsers download to a separate update window. In these browsers, double-click the Reader or Acrobat file to complete the installation.
Go to Preferences > Categories > Updater and set a Check For Updates option. For more information, see this technote.
| Date | Release Notes |
Release Type* |
Focus |
| Apr 10, 2012 | 10.1.3 | Q | Latest release. This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes. |
| Jan 10, 2012 | 10.1.2 | Q | This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes. |
| Sept 13, 2011 | 10.1.1 | Q | This a regular quarterly update with security enhancements, improvements to stability, and bug fixes. |
| Jun 14, 2011 | 10.1 | Q | This is a major update that provides security fixes, feature updates, and major enhancements such as Protected View for Acrobat. |
| Apr 21, 2011 | 10.0.3 | OOC | This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player. |
| Mar 21, 2011 | 10.0.2 | OOC | This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player. |
| Feb 8 2011 | 10.0.1 | Q | Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to Protected Mode, QTP support, Flash, and support for SCCM via newly released SCUP catalogs. |
| Nov 2010 | 10.0 | Major | A phased release with new features: Nov 15 - Acrobat EFGJ, Nov 18 - Reader EFGJ: Nov 18, Dec 12 - Acrobat and Reader for all other languages. |
| Date | Release Notes |
Release Type* |
Focus |
| Apr 10, 2012 | 9.5.1 | Q | Latest release. This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes. |
| Jan 10, 2012 | 9.5 | Q | This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes. |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 9.4.7 | OOC | A Windows-only release that provides mitigations against specific vulnerabilities. |
| Sept 13, 2011 | 9.4.6, 8.3.1 | Q | This a regular quarterly update with security enhancements, improvements to stability, and bug fixes. |
| Jun 14, 2011 | 9.4.5, 8.3 (PDF) | Q | Provides security and bug fixes as well as enhancements to features like collaboration, browser integration and support, signature and forms workflows, etc. |
| Apr 21, 2011 | 9.4.4 (PDF) | OOC | This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player. |
| Mar 21, 2011 | 9.4.3 (PDF) | OOC | This patch fixes a vulnerability, provides an updated Flash player, and fixes some bugs which improve printing and other features. |
| Feb 8 2011 | 9.4.2, 8.2.6 (PDF) | Q | Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to navigator and portfolio performances, Flash, and patching in enterprise environments. |
| Nov 16 2010 | 9.4.1 (PDF) | OOC | Security patch containing several fixes, including those fixes addressed here. |
| Oct 5 2010 | 9.4, 8.2.5 (PDF) | Q | Enhancements to PDF Creation, roaming profile workflows, and a Flash player update as well as numerous bug fixes. Several security fixes are included as described here and here. |
| Aug 19 2010 | 9.3.4, 8.2.4 (PDF) | OOC | Security patch. See the security bulletin. |
| June 29 2010 | 9.3.3, 8.2.3 (PDF) | Q | Enhancements for security (including a zero-day fix), performance, bug fixes, improved browser support, and Updater improvements. |
| April 13 2010 | 9.3.2 (HTML) | Q | Enhancements for security, JS trust, and more. The Acrobat/Reader Updater replaces the AUM retroactively to 9.2 and 8.1.7. |
| April 13 2010 | 8.2.2 (HTML) | Q | Enhancements for security, JS trust, and more. The Acrobat/Reader Updater replaces the AUM retroactively to 9.2 and 8.1.7. |
| Feb. 16 2010 | 9.3.1 (HTML) | OOC | Security patch |
| Feb. 16 2010 | 8.2.1 (HTML) | OOC | Security patch |
| Jan 12 2010 | 9.3 (HTML) | Q | Improvements to enhanced security, cross domain access, security warnings, and more. |
| Jan 12 2010 | 8.2 (HTML) | Q | Improvements to enhanced security, cross domain access, security warnings, and more. |
| Oct. 13 2009 | 9.2 (HTML) | Q | Fixes several security vulnerabilities and improves prepress, preflight, PDF viewing, redaction, collaboration, forms, 3D, and more. |
| Oct. 13 2009 | 8.1.7 (HTML) | Q | Addresses several security vulnerabilities. |
| July 31 2009 | 9.1.3 (HTML) | OOC | Fixes a security vulnerability. |
| June 16 2009 | 8.1.6 (HTML) | OOC | Unix only. Addresses several security vulnerabilities. |
| June 9 2009 | 9.1.2 (HTML) | OOC | Improved security, browser support, and performance. |
| June 9 2009 | 8.1.6 (HTML) | OOC | Addresses several security vulnerabilities. |
| May 12 2009 | 8.1.5 (HTML) | OOC | Fixed two security vulnerabilities. |
| May 12 2009 | 9.1.1 (HTML) | OOC | Fixed two security vulnerabilities. |
| Mar 18 2009 | 9.1 (HTML) | Q | Improvements in stability, forms/XFA, portfolios, hosted services, security, and digital signatures. |
| Mar. 1 2009 | 8.1.4 (HTML) | OOC | Addresses a buffer overflow security vulnerability. Reader on Linux and Solaris release date is March 24. |
| Nov. 4 2008 | 8.1.3 (HTML) | Q | Fixes security issues and provides improvements forms, 3D, rendering, and digital signatures |
| 9.0 | Major | ||
| June 23 2008 | 8.1.2 (HTML) | OOC | Windows and Mac OS only: Addresses a buffer overflow security vulnerability. Reader on Linux and Solaris release date was August 17. |
| Feb 7 2008 | 8.1.2 (HTML) | Q | Fixes security issues and provides improvements for forms, 3D, JS, rendering, and more. |
| 2008 | 8.1.1 (HTML) | Q | Fixes security issues and provides improvements for forms and other features. Removes Kinko's button. |
| 2008 | 8.1 | Q | |
| 8.0 | Major |
Major release: A major, functional release with many new and improved features developed on an 18 month release cycle.
Quarterly update (Q): A scheduled update that includes functional improvements, new security updates, and previously released out-of-cycle patch updates. For Reader, these updates are sometimes available as full installers.
Out-of-cycle patch (OOC): An update targeted at security fixes. These noncumulative patch files contain few functional updates with the intention to limit impact.
Note: Both quarterly updates and out-of-cycle updates can provide security enhancements. Adobe recommends that all updates and patches be applied when available.
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