Security Firm Warns of using Adobe Acrobat Reader


An interesting read about how security firm F-Secure is advising users to switch to an alternative PDF reader until Adobe fixes the security problems in it’s software.

Of the targeted attacks so far this year, more than 47 percent of them exploit holes in Acrobat Reader while six vulnerabilities have been discovered that target the program, Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of security firm F-Secure, said in a briefing with journalists.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10224449-83.html

But what alternatives are there?

A quick google search brings up a couple of examples:

  1. Sumatra PDF
  2. Foxit Reader

pdfreaders.orgAnd it seems there are many more. Head on over to PDF Readers to see a more exhaustive list of free alternatives.

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