 How to protect yourself from the Adobe Reader PDF JavaScript Vulnerability |
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 Feb 25 2009, 04:10 PM
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Feb 25 2009, 05:12 PM
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Remove them, you don't need them. There should be another Adobe Installer component listed, I'll find out what it is.
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| Jay-P VIP |
Feb 25 2009, 09:33 PM
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Acrobat.com is simply the use of that website on your computer.
Adobe Air helps run and streamline applications that need a strong content delivery network. As the name implies, it is an airstream of data transfer for applications. You can probably get rid of Adobe Air, but if you download an application and it says you need Adobe Air for it, then go ahead and let it install. A lot of applications are starting to use Adobe Air. The other tool that got installed with Adobe Reader 8 was Adobe SVG Viewer. As far as I know from the Adobe Wikipedia article, this software has no more support behind it. They quit developing it. Here folks is a comparison of my installs of Foxit Reader versus Adobe Reader 9: Adobe Reader 9: 145 MB Foxit Reader: 7.53 MB |
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Feb 26 2009, 12:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 15-July 08 From: Phoenix, Arizona Member No.: 222,964 |
I was shocked when I saw how big Adobe Reader was compared to Foxit. I had Reader 9 and it was 204MB. It has no size at all next to Adobe Air so I might as well keep it since I don't know if any of my applications use it. I don't have Adobe SVG Viewer and it doesn't appear there is anything else except Adobe Flash Player. Do any of ya'll know of an uninstaller program other than using Add/Remove Programs? I got the Total Uninstall but it only does those that you install with them. I read somewhere in my Firefox literature to use ? (some guy's name) uninstaller but I looked all thru my paperwork and of course, when I need it can't find it. Sad thing is I was going thru the paperwork THIS morning and an hr. later couldn't find it. Said it was far better than Add/Remove Programs. Thanks for all your help.
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| Jay-P VIP |
Feb 26 2009, 12:59 AM
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CCleaner has a complete uninstall feature on their program!
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Feb 26 2009, 01:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 15-July 08 From: Phoenix, Arizona Member No.: 222,964 |
Thanks. Just got that recently so haven't yet learned all the features. Good to know don't have to download anything else.
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Feb 26 2009, 10:01 AM
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QUOTE(Jay-P VIP @ Feb 25 2009, 09:33 PM)  Here folks is a comparison of my installs of Foxit Reader versus Adobe Reader 9: Adobe Reader 9: 145 MB Foxit Reader: 7.53 MB And, have you noticed how much quicker Foxit Reader loads? 
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Feb 26 2009, 10:43 AM
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PDF-XChange zip file is a whole 17.91Mb, but its portable version comes in at 5.46Mb. Eversince I changed from Foxit Reader to this limited editor and full viewer, I never looked back.
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| Jay-P VIP |
Feb 26 2009, 02:34 PM
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Foxit reader is amazing!
Yourhighness, I realize that and was going to try it, but I wanted to try Foxit reader, and realized this was amazing!  EDIT: sorry yourhighness, name misspelling This post has been edited by Jay-P VIP: Feb 26 2009, 05:58 PM |
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Feb 26 2009, 04:45 PM
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Who is running the store? Group: Members Posts: 2,372 Joined: 26-November 05 From: Tampa Bay Area, Florida, USA Member No.: 42,052 |
They are both good PDF readers and for the majority of folks that only need a program to read PDFs, either is preferrable to Adobe, in my opinion.
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Feb 26 2009, 08:22 PM
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Foxit Wants to Install Ask Toolbar
Foxit Reader has moved on from being a freeware to crippleware. While it has given users the option to uncheck the toolbar installation, on de-selecting this option, the app is crippled. May not matter though to users just looking for a simple PDF viewer. 
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Feb 26 2009, 08:25 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 2-December 08 From: Ireland Member No.: 264,233 |
Another alternative PDF viewer to Adobe that I've come across is Sumatra (basically just a viewer).
Size - only 1.2MB SumatraPDF requires Windows 2000 or newer (XP, Vista). Windows 95, 98 and ME are not supported. Also available at MajorGeeks and Download.com. -------------------- |
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Feb 26 2009, 08:31 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 2-December 08 From: Ireland Member No.: 264,233 |
Regarding the Adobe Reader/Acrobat 0-day Vulnerability.
Disabling JavaScript does not prevent exploitation -------------------- |
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| Jay-P VIP |
Feb 26 2009, 09:17 PM
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How about:
Xpdf |
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Feb 26 2009, 09:26 PM
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Thanks for alerting us. That is not good news. Then it makes sense to switch to a different reader for now.
I have updated the original article with this info. -------------------- |
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