Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app.

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    Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app.


    Posted: 10 Mar 2010
    Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application has replaced Microsoft Word as the program that's most often targeted in malware campaigns, according to figures compiled by F-Secure.

    Files based on Reader were exploited in almost 49 per cent of the targeted attacks of 2009, compared with about 39 per cent that took aim at Microsoft Word. By comparison, in 2008, Acrobat was targeted in almost 29 per cent of attacks and Word was exploited by almost 35 per cent.

    "Why has it changed?" F-Secure asks here. "Primarily because there has been more vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat/Reader than in the Microsoft Office applications."
    Source -
    It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app ? The Register
    Posted By: JMH
    10 Mar 2010



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    Damn. now I HAVE to switch to foxit or something.
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  2. whs
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    Here you see how a crummy application becomes famous only because it is a default on most systems and people do not bother to look for better alternatives. I use Foxit.
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    Should I delete adobe reader off my pc if I use Foxit anyway? If I need it I can just download it for free from adobe's website correct? Thanks
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  4. whs
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    lsufrontier said:
    Should I delete adobe reader off my pc if I use Foxit anyway? If I need it I can just download it for free from adobe's website correct? Thanks
    That's up to you. If you are happy with Adobe and are not being bothered by their constant updates, keep it. Foxit is smaller and has better functions (at least in my book). But you may not need those functions.
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    So if i do delete adobe i will be able to install it for free again if i need to? Thanks
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  6. whs
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    lsufrontier said:
    So if i do delete adobe i will be able to install it for free again if i need to? Thanks
    yes
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    Ok thanks for your help
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  8. whs
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    No Problem. Any time.
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    Windows 7 baby ! : D
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    foxit all the way
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