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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. DMCA's bitch by The+Other+Nate · · Score: 0, Troll
    All y'all goin' to jail, now!
    Circumventing the PDF format by discussing it's weaknesses.
    Say hi to Skylarov for me.

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    The Other Nate

  2. Bah by eAndroid · · Score: 2, Troll

    I know the PDF format decently well (I'm writing a PDF library) and I don't think that this is a threat. Besides embedded programs there isn't much that can get executed by the system. Has anyone ever heard of a Postscript virus? That would probably be needed to make a PDF virus.

    However if there is a PDF virus it'll probably just take advantage of a buffer overflow problem in the Windows version of Acrobat Reader. Use Linux (and use Python) and you should have no problem.

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    I can't spell or type, but that doesn't mean I'm unusually stupid.