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On Monday [October 22], Adobe released a patch for versions 8.1 and earlier of its Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. This patch affects Windows XP SP2 with IE7 and Adobe Reader 7 through 8.1 and addresses the flaws cited in CVE-2007-5020. If exploited, a criminal hacker could launch malicious code on an affected system.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9803757-7.html


If you use Adobe Reader, update it to version 8.1.1. Personally, I prefer to use Foxit Reader. It's smaller and faster than Adobe Reader (and it isn't afflicted with this security problem).

My update to 8.1.1 on XP went smoothly.

The Masked Marauder wrote:If you use Adobe Reader, update it to version 8.1.1. Personally, I prefer to use Foxit Reader. It's smaller and faster than Adobe Reader (and it isn't afflicted with this security problem).

I've been using it for a long time myself and had no problems with it. Really good alternative to Adobe Reader with less bloat IMO.