I don't use Adobe Reader, I use Acrobat Pro,and I work only on Macs, so I don't live in fear of malware.
Paul via phone > On Feb 3, 2014, at 12:20 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/2/2014 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist 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 > > http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Malware_propagation_vector > > Paul, let me suggest to you that by being very widely spread application, > Adobe Reader attracts great deal of attention of malware producers. Further, > it stands to reason that the bugs or exploits that allow malware to sneak in, > so to say, are more likely to have to do with more advanced features of the > software (*). > > Thus, by installing a 3rd party PDF reader (less spread, less fancy) you > increase your potential security. > > Of course, it is up to you to decide how to proceed. I just don't like the > notion of having a huge(**) program installed on my computer doing relatively > simple thing - showing me a PDF document (I don't recall having to sign a PDF > document or doing anything fancier than marking the lines in my credit card > statement). > > Boris > > (*) That is, assuming that Adobe cares about its users security and hence > applies necessary technological means to secure their software. > > (**) Very basic PDF viewer, such as SumatraPDF is order of 5 MB... I would > wanna know how big is modern Adobe Acrobat Reader... > > > > > -- > 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.
