Adobe Patches Reader & Acrobat

[kmillerusaf]

All:

 

A security update has been released to the public for a critical vulnerability in Reader/Acrobat. It's recommended that you update the two products by opening up Adobe Reader, going to the "Help" menu, and clicking "Check for Updates" at the bottom. Also, please note that if you are currently using version 8.1.3. or below, you must update to 8.1.4 before updating to 8.1.5.

 

More information here:

Adobe Security Bulletin: APSB09-06

 

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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3383

[Icedrake]

Don't even use Adobe anymore. Too slow, too bloated, too many security issues. FoxIt Reader and Sumatra PDF are much better options. Thanks for notifying everyone about the updates though Keith!

[kmillerusaf]

I agree. I use Foxit at home but in a corporate environment, they tend to go with corporate products so I have to pay attention to things like this. No problem at all It's all about security these days.

[Zone54]

http://www.docu-track.com/?product/pdfx_viewer/

 

There's a fine alternative called PDF-XCHANGE VIEWER, that allows one to alter pdf files (highlight, add notes, e.g.). I find this quite handy.