I just tried to update my Adobe Reader (I’m still using 9, yikes) and I got an error message that read ‘A required privilege is not held by the client’. I’m thinking of just uninstalling the darn thing, since I never use it, but what’s this error message all about? Does anyone know?
Are you the administrator of the computer?
Yes, I am.
I’ll recommend you to just unninstall.
Adobe Reader is on 4# on the Dirty Dozen of vulnerable apps.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/26/top-12-most-vulnerable-apps_n_786892.html#s188360&title=undefined
There are other free apps (PDF Reader/Creator) better then Adobe.
Yeah I just uninstalled it. I ran a boot scan right after to make sure everything was clean. I was just wondering what the heck was up with that error message, since I’m an admin and all…
Yeah adobe is rubbish, a really good reader is pdf xchange http://www.tracker-software.com/product/downloads make sure to untick the ask toolbar during install 
No products with the ask toolbar for me 
PDF-XChange Viewer
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer
+1
Thanks, it’s uninstalled now. I was just curious about the error message since I am the administrator. Could it have been my firewall? I use the one that came with AIS.