Adobe Acrobat

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Whenever I come to this site my acrobat reader open on its own ( using IE). All other sites r working fine. Is it just for me or everyone who use this site ?
 
I never experienced this. Are you simultaneously opening any web page with pdf in IE or you are just browsing through this forum?
 
Adobe to upgrade Acrobat application in November
Software Company Adobe has confirmed that they would be launching the latest version of their Acrobat application sometime in November this year.
This would be their first major product launch since the acquisition of rivals Macromedia.
Market analysts said that this update addressed a demand for software that allows users [...]

https://broadband.forum/archives/2006/0...pgrade-acrobat/
 
Adobe warn users of security bugs in Acrobat
Software Company Adobe has warned the users of their Acrobat and Acrobat Reader applications about critical un-patched bugs.
These bugs are serious enough to let hackers take control of computers using Windows Operating System running Internet Explorer web browser.
These security bugs have been labeled critical by the [...]

https://broadband.forum/archives/2006/1...ugs-in-acrobat/
 
Adobe fixes flaw in Adobe Acrobat
Software giant Adobe had launched the patch for the recently discovered security flaw in their acrobat software application.
The company added that the flaw affected Acrobat Standard, Professional, and Elements in versions 7.08 and older.
Adobe further confirmed that the recently launched version 8.0 was not affected by this flaw and the [...]

https://broadband.forum/archives/2007/0...-adobe-acrobat/
 

I don't realise the reason to use such a heavy and bulky package just to read and edit pdf files, when lightweight and free substitutes like Foxit are available.
 
FedEx Kinkos links to be removed from Adobe Acrobat Software giant Adobe has announced that they are now going to update their Acrobat and Acrobat Reader applications to remove the links connecting the application to FedEx Kinkos service. The company said that they have received complaints from other printing companies, who view the feature as steering business [...]

FedEx Kinkos links to be removed from Adobe Acrobat
 
Adobe PDF file format has a major security vulnerability The security expert who recently discovered a flaw in the QuickTime plug-in for the Firefox web browser is now back with the discovery of a major bug in the Adobe’s PDF format. Petko Petkov claims that the PDF file format can be manipulated to compromise Windows powered machines. He [...]

Adobe PDF file format has a major security vulnerability
 
one more reason to use linux 😛same adobe version, plugin from adobe, same PDF file but wont compromise Linux!
 
so is that a problem with the file format or the windows adobe reader software? what about the free foxit reader? will that be affected by a malicious PDF file? i guess newsman won't answer that, he's just a freaking bot 🙂
 
Of course Microsoft is to be blamed! They were the first ones to offer a working solution to the regular office worker while the others were building enterprise class security into their (even now) barely usable operating systems. Now that every one is used to run as admin on Windows, how to convince them that this is bad for the them and the system!
 

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