Just a quick word to remind all, and especially Frenchie, that there are possibly less vulnerable alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Reader when it comes to displaying and reading pdf files. See http://lifehacker.com/5328211/five-best-pdf-readers , for instance.
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I will pass that on to Mark, Bryn. He knows about these things.
Why is Acrobat Reader 'vulnerable' - I mean, vulnerable to what?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. -
it embeds javascript which tho supposed to be sandboxed in latest versions still seems to have probelsm and in past adobe products weres notorious as an entry vector for malware - added to which adobe have been slow in past to patch bugsOriginally posted by french frank View PostComment
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