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Common questions about updates

Why should I update?

Security and improved functionality. Updates safeguard your system against malicious attacks through PDF files.

If you've gotten multiple update messages, make sure the last update is fully installed. Some browsers download to a separate update window. In these browsers, double-click the Reader or Acrobat file to complete the installation.

Which Acrobat DC/Acrobat Reader DC track should I install - Continuous or Classic?

For information on how to choose the right track for your needs, visit here.

Are updates free?

Yes. Only new, major versions of Acrobat must be purchased.

How long is the installation time?

Updates take only a few minutes to install.

How do I change the update frequency or disable updates?

Go to Preferences > Categories > Updater and set a Check For Updates option. For more information, see this technote.

How do admins and enterprise IT get more information?

Please visit the Enterprise Toolkit for Acrobat Products for more information.

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Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous Track release notes

Date Release
Notes
Release
Type*
Focus
July 14, 2015 DC July 2015 (15.008.20082) Continuous Latest release. This update provides new features, security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Apr 6, 2015 DC base Major This is the base, major release for all Document Cloud products. 
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Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC Classic Track (2015 Release) release notes

Date Release
Notes
Release
Type*
Focus
July 14, 2015 DC classic July 2015 (15.006.30060) Q Latest release. This update provides new features, security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Apr 6, 2015 DC classic base Major This is the base, major release for all Document Cloud products. 
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Acrobat and Reader XI release notes

Date Release
Notes
Release
Type*
Focus
July 14, 2015 11.0.12 Q Latest release. This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
May 12, 2015 11.0.11 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Dec. 9, 2014 11.0.10 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Sept 16, 2014 11.0.09 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Aug 12, 2014 11.0.08 OOC Windows-only. This patch fixes specific security issues.
May 13, 2014 11.0.07 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Jan 14, 2014 11.0.06 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Oct 8, 2013 11.0.05 OOC Windows-only. This patch fixes specific security issues.
Sept 10, 2013 11.0.04 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
May 14, 2013 11.0.03 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Feb 20, 2013 11.0.02 OOC This patch fixes specific security issues. 
Jan 8, 2013 11.0.01 Q This is a regular planned update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Oct 15, 2012 11.0.0 Major An all new base release for all products.
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Acrobat and Reader X release notes 

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* Acrobat_Reader_ReleaseNote_10.1.4.pdf
* Acrobat_Reader_ReleaseNote_10.1.4.pdf
Date Release
Notes
Release
Type*
Focus
July 14, 2015 10.1.15 Q Latest release. This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
May 12, 2015 10.1.14 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Dec. 9, 2014 10.1.13 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Sept 16, 2014 10.1.12 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Aug 12, 2014 10.1.11 OOC Windows only. This patch fixes specific security issues.
May 13, 2014 10.1.10 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Jan 14, 2014 10.1.9 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Sept 10, 2013 10.1.8 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
May 14, 2013 10.1.7 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Feb 20, 2013 10.1.6 OOC This patch fixes specific security issues.
Jan 8, 2013 10.1.5 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes. 
Aug 14, 2012
10.1.4
Q
This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
Apr 10, 2012 10.1.3 Q 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.
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Acrobat and Reader 9.x and 8.x release notes 

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Date Release
Notes
Release
Type*
Focus
May 14, 2013 9.5.5 Q Latest and FINAL release. This patch fixes specific security issues.
Feb 20, 2013 9.5.4 OOC This patch fixes specific security issues. 
Jan 8, 2013 9.5.3 Q This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations and bug fixes. 
Aug 14, 2012
9.5.2 Q
This is a regular quarterly update that provides security mitigations and bug fixes.
Apr 10, 2012 9.5.1 Q 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  
* Acrobat_Reader_ReleaseNote_9.5.2.pdf

 

*Release types

Major release: A major, functional release with many new and improved features developed on an 18 month release cycle.

Continuous release (C): A functional release with some new and improved features along with new security updates, bug fixes for existing features, and previously released out-of-cycle patch updates.

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: Continuous releases, 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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