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Adobe steps up, responds quickly to latest exploit
Adobe has responded quickly, putting together updates for Windows, Mac, and Linux in less than two weeks. While an immediate "Patch Tuesday" fix a la Microsoft would have been even better, it's good to see Adobe prioritizing security.
That's an important and necessary step. Unwary PDF users will continue to be an attractive target for hackers and Adobe must be increasingly vigilant.
If you took F-Secure's advice and temporarily switched to another PDF reader temporarily, the newly-patched Reader is ready for download if you are. I've not been a fan of Reader in the past - due to its footprint and sluggish startup times - but version 9 is a major improvement over older versions.
More details about the exploit and download links for all platforms are available from the Adobe security bulletin.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Scott said 8:07AM on 5-13-2009
So technically a Mac can get a virus. Well blow me down.
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Doron Ben Chaim said 11:45AM on 5-13-2009
Just drop Adobe, and go to the much less bloated app, Foxit. Foxit is to Abode Reader as Notepad is to Word.
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Lee Mathews said 11:11AM on 5-13-2009
Why not Sumatra? Foxit is bloated by comparison.
Mysterius said 12:22PM on 5-13-2009
Is there any reason to enable Adobe Javascript at all? Just wondering whether leaving it off would be best.
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