Spyware Warrior

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I heard that Adobe Acrobat has a track record of being vulnerable to exploits which could make users victims of malware/viruses, even if the program is up to date. I don't know if that's true or not so I suppose my first question would be is this true or not?

If this is true, even though I only open my own PDF files or PDF files from people I know, I don't want to take any chances. My second question is if it's true that Adobe Acrobat is vulnerable then what replacement program would you recommend?

mikey · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:12 am Post subject:

The thing that would irritate me more about Adobe is how freaking slow it is and how few features it has. I haven't used it in yrs.

My fav freeware alternative now is http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/

Screenshot; http://goinggreek.info/forum/uploads/1251509552/gallery_40_3_85746.jpg

Or if you just want a small fast reader without any frills, there is; http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

Writer · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:28 pm Post subject:

Hi, mikey! Thank you very much for bringing these two alternatives to my mind. I ended up going with the second one due to its size and for it being just fine for my needs. It's unbelievable that Adobe Acrobat Reader is 200 megabytes in size where as the one I have now is only 1.2 megabytes or so.

Thank you again for your help! Smile

mikey · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject:

200 megs...It was always bloated but I didn't know it had gotten that bloated. Geez

Anyway, glad you found something much faster and lighter.

Later