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PDF Virus Spotted

Posted by michael on from the xpdf-not-vulnerable dept.

Jethro73 writes: "Adobe's popular PDF file format [...] has generally been considered immune to viruses. But a new virus carried by programs embedded in PDF files raises concerns that the format itself could become susceptible. Read about it here and at coderz.net."

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  1. Related CNet Story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's a CNet story on the same news piece here: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6808673.html? tag=mainstry

  2. Not worried by JediTrainer · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the article: "The virus spreads only by way of Adobe's Acrobat software--the program used to create PDF documents--not through Acrobat Reader, the free program that is used to view the files"

    I don't own Acrobat, and I never will. I have other ways of creating PDFs which are cheaper. Most people don't have Acrobat. Most never will. This virus, thus, can't get far.

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