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Here is where the story gets ugly. While competing lightweight readers (Foxit, Sumatra, Nitro) were 5MB downloads, Adobe Reader became a 200MB monster. It insisted on running in the background ( AdobeARM.exe ), wanted to update constantly, and—infamously—tried to install and a browser toolbar with every update.

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