So an executable file can be attached to a PDF. Good thing an executable won’t run on a Mac.
Paul On Feb 2, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely you've heard of every viable virus vector, Victor? > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362351,00.asp > > B > >> On 2 Feb 2014, at 17:56, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What is a "malware vector?" I've never had a problem with Acrobat. Been >> using it forever, probably more than twenty years. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sounds like good advice Mark. Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Mark Roberts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Bob Sullivan wrote: >>>> >>>>> Adobe doesn't have my confidence either. >>>>> Anybody who wants to get in my machine every time I sign on is not my >>>>> friend. >>>>> And, there is a new version of the PDF reader they want to download every >>>>> time. >>>>> I believe that is bullshit. >>>> >>>> Acrobat Reader is a malware vector, too. Best avoided. >>>> >>>> I use Foxit PDF reader. It's free, fast and the latest version lets >>>> you create PDF files as well as read them. It probably doesn't support >>>> all the tricky features that Adobe's been ladling into Acrobat over >>>> the past few years (and which even a fairly advanced user such as >>>> myself has never needed), but then that's why it's safer. >>>> >>>> Really superb software. Highly recommended. I've deleted Acrobat Pro >>>> and Acrobat Reader from my system. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >>>> www.robertstech.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
