The easy way to download an Adobe Reader standalone installer for offline use is to get it from Adobe FTP site. And then choose your OS, your desired Adobe version, your language and then download.
Note that sometimes browsing/accessing to the Adobe ftp site is a bit slow.
As of today, the current version is still Adobe Reader 10 (as known as Adobe Reader X). The followings are some links for Adobe Reader v10.0.0 in some languages used on Windows.
- English - United States, also for United Kingdom
- Traditional Chinese - Taiwan, also known for Hong Kong, Malaysia
- Simplified Chinese - Mainland China, also known for Singapore
- Japanese - Japan
- German - Germany
- French - France
- Spanish - Spain (Traditional)
- Basque - Spain
Major Adobe Reader Supported Platforms
Windows offline Adobe Reader Installer
Apple Machintosh offline Adobe Reader Installer
Unix/Linux offline Adobe Reader Installer
Android mobile device offline Adobe Installer
For Adobe Reader news update, you can visit their blog.