PDF Security Risk Greater Than Originally Thought

[HardOCP News]

C|Net is reporting that a recently discovered security weakness Acrobat Reader software is a greater security risk than previously thought.

Initially, security professionals thought that the problem was restricted and exposed only Web-related data or could support phishing scams. Now it has been discovered that miscreants could exploit the problem to access all information on a victim's hard disk drive, said Web security specialists at WhiteHat Security and SPI Dynamics.

 

[dracos]

This is why I use FoxIt Reader!!!!!!

besides the fact that it is so much faster and uses a lot less resources, and it's not bloated like acrobat

 

[OregonLAN]

This is why I use FoxIt Reader!!!!!!

besides the fact that it is so much faster and uses a lot less resources, and it's not bloated like acrobat

I agree! Adobe Acrobat Reader reminds me of AOL. At one time, it was best in its class. Now, it’s a stinky pile of poopoo…