Acrobat Automatic Update and Virus Threat

Hey Everyone:
I have a quick question I was hoping someone could answer for me. I was tricked by some malware/spyware a few months ago by a program that passed itself off as an Adobe Acrobat Automatic Updater. Still not sure where I got it from.
Anyhow, I was wondering if I should completely avoid Automatic Updaters and come straight to Adobe for the updates, or is there a step that I can take to assure that I know the updater is legitimate.
This is probably an oversimplistic question, but I am very apprehensive about ALL automatic updaters now.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Adam Rockwell
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If you get a notice, then go to the help menu in Acrobat and use the check for updates there. You can also go to Adobe.com>downloads and select the updates under the reader link in the upper right of the screen. If you do the latter manual update, you have to download all updates after the version you have and install them in order.

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