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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. All the above... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...posts are mindless blabber. Anyonw have anything important to add to this discussion?

  2. PDF Virus Spotted. Spotted? by martyb · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What have those virus writers done NOW?

    "PDF Virus Spotted". Spotted? SPOTTED?!? What's next? Stripes? Or, shudder, PLAID?! :^)

  3. Free Dimitry! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's the virus message!

  4. What virus??? by Deijpimp · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I havent seen any viruses lately so stop buggung me. Filly posty

    --
    BTW has anyone seen my zig zag?
  5. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and Jesus!

  6. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, Nietzsche is dead, too !

  7. Re:Dissecting PDF to fix it is ILLEGAL! Ask Dimitr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The update process is so simple that they couldn't even patch their own update server. That's why we blame M$.

  8. Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard sad news on talk radio - Horror/fiction writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine house this morning. I'm sure we'll all miss him - even if you didn't read his books you've probably enjoyed one of his movies. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      wasn't he dead at 58 when this was making the rounds at slashdot a couple of months ago? Consistency, man, consistency.

  9. Macs will crash twice as fast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Steve already did a benchmark! They 'toast' pentiums at time-to-crash, all at lower clock rates.

  10. Re:Dissecting PDF to fix it is ILLEGAL! Ask Dimitr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do outlook users still have the option of having mail autoexecuted upon downloading? (the "preview feature") Still broken, IMO.

  11. Re:Adobe legal defense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YES! Let's mod this guy right up because he quoted part of the article!