On 11/3/2013 10:37 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>
>> On 11/3/2013 8:36 PM, Peter Anton wrote:
>>> Can someone explain the following page for me? I get it when I click
>>> on the message on the Plugins tab of about:addons.
>>>
>>> "Adobe Acrobat is known to be vulnerable and should be updated _*Update
>>> Now_*"
>>>
>>>
>>> *Adobe Reader 9.5.1 and lower* has been blocked for your protection.
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>> If you don't want to spend money to buy the latest Adobe Acrobat,
>> download and install the freeware Adobe Reader. The latest version is
>> 11.0.4.
>>
>> There is no conflict in having both Adobe Acrobat (the writer) and Adobe
>> Reader both installed on the same system. If you install Adobe Acrobat
>> before installing Adobe Reader, then the latter will be what is used for
>> displaying PDF files downloaded from the Web.
>
> The wording of the notice is confusing and should be fixed ("Adobe
> Acrobat" in one place and "Adobe Reader" in another), but the OP appears
> to have the Reader and need not worry about paying to upgrade.
>
Part of the problem is that the Adobe Reader plugin identifies itself as
from Adobe Acrobat. This is an Adobe problem, not a Sea Monkey problem.
But it can confuse the users of SeaMonkey and other browsers.
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