Got a popup to install the new version of Adobe Updater - is legitimate, or software malware?

Auto Adobe Updater wants to install a new version of itself.  Does not say what Adobe product, it relates to.  Everything I have on this laptop are the freebies - Reader, Flash, etc.  I don't know if there is an update, or several, one for each product.  I usually trust these popups, so I said 'yes '.  Then, I searched for "Adobe" C drive and found nothing newer than March 3.  My Updater version is still 5.  Nothing else happened, but while studying online, I found an update 'critical' to the reader was announced last month, and I have not yet.  So, I got manually 8.2.1, Reader then installed 9.3.1 later instead.  Called Adobe to see if these updates to the Updater are distributed, and they said «we do not support free software, go to the forums»  Therefore, even if my version is still 5, updater, never up to date me for an updated critical and I have no new files, I can trust that this popup was not for the distribution of malware?  Someone else do this popup?

If you set up Adobe Reader to receive automatic updates, then it is this update (5 or 6) that opens like this.  Unfortunately, it doesn't tell you what update is about to download; only after download, it tells you what it installs.

However, your attention is well founded; not sure if this is a legitimate process, or some kind of malware.

Assuming you are using Windows, open the Task Manager and check if it really is the Adobe Updater that runs (AdobeUpdater.exe or AdobeUpdaterInstallMgr.exe).

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