The Problem With Adobe Reader

[HardOCP News]

The Washington Post has a pretty interesting take on the recent Adobe Acrobat Reader flaw, what it does, how it can be exploited and even a link to a harmless proof of concept example so you can see how it works.

The latest example of this trend is a flaw revealed late last month in most versions of Adobe Reader -- the ubiquitous program useful for viewing PDF documents -- that can be used to further phishing scams or to steal sensitive and personal information from users. The trouble, once again, is with Javascript.

 

[OregonLAN]

Anyone that still uses Adobe Acrobat is just asking for punishment. Adobe Acrobat Reader is an absolute pile of crap. I have long switched to Foxit with zero regrets…

 

[Finn]

Same as what I was about to say. Foxit reader is great.

 

[orvil01]

foxit rocks. Its so small, and it makes viewing a pdf like viewing a normal document. Not some slow POS like acrobat reader.

 

[Jack Hammer]

It seems that if you force FF 2.0.0.1 to ask permission first, the bug doesn't work.

That said, I'm gonna look at foxit anyway.

 

[Meggahurts]

Foxit is a big improvement over Adobe

 

[fenton06]

is there a way to get Foxit to read the PDF in the browser window like Adobe reader did?

 

[neisius]

humm, I've been using GSview for a few years after Adobe Reader kept crashing my system...Foxit looks way better though

 

[orvil01]

is there a way to get Foxit to read the PDF in the browser window like Adobe reader did?

mine does, i dont think i had to do anything special either

 

[Team Obi Juan]

I hate pdf's. Why are they necessary?