Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-64953	ARDC-CN-000115	SV-79443r1_rule	Low

Description
The Adobe Reader DC Welcome screen can be distracting and also has online links to the Adobe quick tips website, tutorials, blogs and community forums.When the Adobe Reader DC Welcome screen is disabled the Welcome screen will not be populated on application startup.

To permanently hide the RHP in Adobe Acrobat DC, do the following: Open Registry Editor. Go to HKEYCURRENTUSERSoftwareAdobeAdobe AcrobatDCAVGeneral. By default, bExpandRHPinViewer is already present at this location change its value to 0. To do the same for Acrobat Reader DC, do the following: Open Registry Editor.

1. Adobe Acrobat Reader 2015. Auto Complete; Disable automatic updates; Disable PDF handler switching; Don't show messages while viewing a document; Show messages when I launch Reader; Turn off user participation in the feedback program; Startup. Enable Protected Mode at startup; Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.
2. I was successfully able to prevent Adobe Reader DC from updating using the following registry key: HKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesAdobeAcrobat ReaderDCFeatureLockDown 'bUpdater'=dword:00000000. I too work in a public environment and use Deep Freeze.

STIG	Date
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous Track Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-03-14

Details

Check Text ( C-65611r3_chk )

Verify the following registry configuration: Note: The Key Name 'cWelcomeScreen' is not created by default in the Adobe Reader DC install and must be created. Utilizing the Registry Editor, navigate to the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesAdobeAcrobat ReaderDCFeatureLockDowncWelcomeScreen Value Name: bShowWelcomeScreen Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0 If the value for bShowWelcomeScreen is not set to “0” and Type configured to REG_DWORD or does not exist, then this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-70893r2_fix)
Configure the following registry value: Note: The Key Name 'cWelcomeScreen' is not created by default in the Adobe Reader DC install and must be created. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: SoftwarePoliciesAdobeAcrobat ReaderDCFeatureLockDowncWelcomeScreen Value Name: bShowWelcomeScreen Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

First, You have to stop “C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeUpdater5AdobeUpdater.exe” from running.

Deletion won’t help as adobe will create a new folder and file. Here is how it works:

1. First, start your task manager and kill the “AdobeUpdater.exe” process.
2. Right click the new file “AdobeUpdater.exe”, select “Properties”, then “Security”.
3. Mark at “Group or user names” “System”, press “Edit” and click on all “Deny” checkboxes.
4. Now do this for all users “Administrator” etc. and press ok.

All done. Adobe will never again be able to update. You can test it by trying to start the update within Adobe Acrobat manually. You will see, that nothing will happen.

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