Adobe Putting PDF Reader In a Sandbox

Captain Eloquence writes "The next major version of Adobe's PDF Reader will feature new sandboxing technology aimed at curbing a surge in malicious hacker attacks. The initial sandbox implementation will isolate all 'write' calls on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2003. Adobe security chief Brad Arkin believes this will mitigate the risk of exploits seeking to install malware on the user's computer or otherwise change the computer's file system or registry. In a future dot-release, the company plans to extend the sandbox to include read-only activities to protect against attackers seeking to read sensitive information from the user's computer."

Comments

Obligatory XKCD

[Maarx]

Sandboxing your document reader so that corrupted documents stop installing malware to the host machine?

You. are. doing it wrong.

What is these need for accessing the system anyway

[Psaakyrn]

This is like giving people guns, then throwing them in jail. Why give them guns to begin with?