| Just this week Adobe patched a major problem with its Acrobat and Reader programs. The issue? Flaws that could allow malicious exploits. Now, it seems hackers are using the precious time between update release and update download to unleash a flood of malicious code.
According to Symantec Corporation, the exploits are still alive and well for the bulk of users yet to update. |
This next excerpt is good advice all the time, but especially if you haven’t upgraded:
| Symantec warns everyone to avoid YOUR_BILL.pdf and INVOICE.pdf especially, but to also be wary of just about any PDF file arriving via email. Even if your electronic mail program doesn’t identify the file or sender as spammy, making sure you’re well acquainted with the sender (and they like you). |
No, I haven’t upgraded yet. I just read the article several minutes ago. And I’m on a dial-up connection of 31.2 Kbps.
There are other programs that can read pdf files just fine. I use linux, but even in Windows there are some GNU alternatives.