I hate Adobe Acrobat Reader updates. Although it is used everywhere, from an enterprise perspective, updating it is a PITA. Especially since the program version is found in either AcroRd32.exe or AcroRd32.dll, apparently depending on the mood of the developer.
This script, AdobeReaderVersion.vbs, is one way to get the version of Acrobat Reader on a local or remote PC. It is hugely elaborate, and in truth, is not how I do things in production. But it is faster than trying to read version information from the registry, and is a good demonstration as how to get data out of a script running remotely.
The script relies on a native ActiveX object that reports Adobe versions. I take the highest number as the version for the release.