PDF Software under Attack
March 17, 2009 – 5:20 amWe recently made our Blog readers aware of a vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader software that posed a security risk. Adobe has released the patch for version 9 and all users are urged to install this update as soon as possible.
In our prior post, we mentioned that there is an alternative PDF VIEWER available from Foxit Software. While not as popular as the Adobe products, it is installed on some 50 million computers. We have now learned that the Foxit PDF VIEWER also has some security vulnerabilities. The identified vulnerabilities, while different from those affecting the Adobe software, can also put your computer at risk. Foxit has already patched their software. You should visit their site and download the latest version of their PDF viewer, to avoid becoming a victim of these vulnerabilities.
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