Modern software installers are often "stub" files—small programs that connect to the internet to download the rest of the software. This can be difficult for users in secure, air-gapped environments (like secure government or banking networks) where the computer cannot connect to the web. Legacy versions like Reader 9 usually came as full, standalone offline installers (often around 20MB to 40MB), making them easy to transfer via USB drives.
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