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Windows 7: Is Foxit Reader Safe?
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04 Mar 2010
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Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit Covington, La |
Is Foxit Reader Safe?
Is Foxit safe to use. I know Adobe had problems with hacks and many updates to fix. I am curious if Foxit can also be exploited with a hacked PDF file.
Jim  | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit
CPU Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO
Memory Crucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9
Graphics Card MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
Sound Card On Board
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K120
Mouse Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
PSU Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
Case Corsair 400R
Cooling Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
Hard Drives Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata III, WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
Internet Speed 15MB
Antivirus Norton IS 2012, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser IE-10, FF-19
Other Info APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program, Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem. Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer, Epson V300 Scanner
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04 Mar 2010
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No it is not. It's also vulnerable to exploits. At least the ones that haven't been fixed by the software developer anyway.
That being said, I use FoxIt over Acrobat. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
Motherboard ASRock G371-M S
Memory 2x2 GIG DDR2
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTS 250 1 GIG
Monitor(s) Displays Vuco 22" Widescreen
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04 Mar 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by Phone Man  Is Foxit safe to use. I know Adobe had problems with hacks and many updates to fix. I am curious if Foxit can also be exploited with a hacked PDF file.
Jim yap foxit is same..and not save too...  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number built up
OS windows 7
CPU Phenom II AMD Dragon 3.5Ghz
Memory DDR3 4GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 512Mb
Monitor(s) Displays HP L1506
Screen Resolution 1152 x 864
Keyboard HP wireless keyboard
Mouse HP Optic
Hard Drives WDC 1 TB SATA-II Green Power
Internet Speed 1GB
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04 Mar 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Cromer Norfolk UK |
its about as safe as any other pdf reader... but i use foxit, because (in my experience) it opens pdf's quicker than adobe, especially ones opened directly from the net | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Motherboard Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
Memory 8GB 1333Mhz DDR3
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Sound Card Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays Acer Al1980,
Screen Resolution 1360*768
Keyboard Alba USB
Mouse IT Works Wireless USB
PSU 750W Cooler Master
Case Cooler Master Haf X
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper TX3
Hard Drives 500GB SATA WBC
1TB WD Caviar Green
80GB IDE Samsung
Internet Speed 12Mb/s Down 1.2 Mb/s Up
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04 Mar 2010
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I use FoxIT as well. It's so much faster and smaller than Adobe's product...so it fits my style a whole heck of a lot better. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built in July 2009
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
Sound Card Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
Monitor(s) Displays 23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard ABS M1 Mechanical
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
PSU Corsair 620HX modular
Case Antec P182
Cooling stock
Hard Drives Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
Internet Speed 15/2 cable modem
Other Info Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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04 Mar 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x32 Macedonia |
I'm using PDF-XChange Viwer
it's free, lightweight alternative for acrobat reader
cheers | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Micro-Star International/MS-7529
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x32
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium E2200, 2218 MHz (11 x 202)
Motherboard MSI G31M3 V2 (MS-7529) (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16,2 DDR2 DIMM)
Memory 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card nVIDIA GeForce 9500GT 1GB
Sound Card Realtek ALC888/1200 @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 2253BW (Digital) 22'' LCD
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Hard Drives SAMSUNG HD322IJ ATA Device (298 GB , IDE)
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04 Mar 2010
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Windows 7 Professional x64 Trinidad and Tobago |
Die hard adobe user here. 
But foxit is good too | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DELL VOSTRO 3750
OS Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU 2nd generation Intel Core i5‐2450M (2C/4T, 2.5GHz, 3M
Memory 6GB DDR3
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M (128 bit), 1GB Grpahics
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 inch High Definition LED Display with anti
Screen Resolution (1600 x 900)
Hard Drives 500GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
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04 Mar 2010
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Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit Covington, La |
After a little research I found this about FoxIt. It seams they did have some security problems and they have been addressed. As long as they stay on top of the issues I think I will give FoxIt a try. Foxit Software - Foxit Reader 3.0 for Windows
Jim  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center 64bit
CPU Phenom II X6 1100T
Motherboard ASUS M5A99X EVO
Memory Crucial Balistic 8gb DDR3-1866 CL9
Graphics Card MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
Sound Card On Board
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K120
Mouse Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
PSU Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
Case Corsair 400R
Cooling Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
Hard Drives Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata III, WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
Internet Speed 15MB
Antivirus Norton IS 2012, Malwarebytes Pro
Browser IE-10, FF-19
Other Info APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program, Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem. Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer, Epson V300 Scanner
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04 Mar 2010
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I find adobe reader to be better for usage. If you open a pdf file with adobe reader and foxit, you will find that foxit uses less memory initially. However, if your pdf file is long, like many pages long, if you scroll all the way down the document, you shall see moderate increase in ram usage for adobe reader and huge increase in ram for foxit.
Just my suggestion =) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Studio XPS 8000
OS Windows 7 Home Premium
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10 Mar 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Sumatra PDF reader supposedly does not have the security issues found in Adobe products. I have been using it for a couple of months with no issues. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit
CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked
Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX
Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 800 x 640
Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB
Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2
PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular
Case Antec Solo II
Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500
Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB
Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load
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