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Acrobat Reader X delivers on security promise
When opened in the old version, the PDF attack mechanism springs into action and downloads malicious code from a remote server. Under Reader X, however, all he saw was the dialog above. "It appears that an update introduced in Adobe Reader X has broken a fundamental part of this threat. Well done Adobe!" says Baccas.
We're also in agreement with his recommendation that everyone who can -- network administrators included -- update their systems to Adobe Reader X as soon as possible.
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Subscribe to commentsMxxConFeb 3rd 2011 12:37PM
so is this actually an intentional security measure or readerX just changed something the way it works and it broke that exploit?
mer2329Feb 3rd 2011 1:01PM
i dont care if its an exploit or not
i dont use adobe reader
i use less known "readers" like sumatra PDF to avoid this
Anthony S.Feb 3rd 2011 3:06PM
@mer2329 I'm actually very pleased with Reader X. I wish they would stop using that damn download manager to get it, or offer and easy-to-find offline installer (they do, but you have to go on an expedition to find it), but it's performance is actually quite solid. I would say it's on par with Foxit Reader. I switched back because I was tired of Foxit's buggy Firefox plugin, and I haven't even thought of going back. I'm quite shocked at what Adobe pulled off!
MxxConFeb 4th 2011 12:11AM
@Anthony S. offline installers are always listed on http://filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader/
mer2329Feb 4th 2011 3:01AM
@Anthony S. if there was a compatible product to flash that wasnt flash i would use that.
i am not at all pleased with adobes slow responce to security holes with such a big product
if they responded faster than i may consider using reader again
plus this is new software and i want to see its security measures before i install
plus i like how fast sumutra opens (its very fast) last time i used reader there was a 10-30 second delay before opening