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by Alice O'Connor, Jan 13, 2010 5:00am PST

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Adobe software may have been exploited in cyber attack

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C2B720100113?type=technologyNews

This is not surprising, I am 100% convinced that Adobe Reader will somehow play a crucial role in Armageddon. Please for the love of baby jesus make sure you have JavaScript disabled in Adobe Reader.

Jan 13, 2010 7:01am PST

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Adobe software may have been exploited in cyber attack http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C2B7201 : MagicWishMonkey
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  Nuke the hard drive and next time install Sumatra PDF or Foxit reader. : Pulveri
- no more photoshop for the chinese : mrtony
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  I'm convinced the fucking spyware on my work laptop is thanks to Adobe Reader. Assholes. : ThomW
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    MSE is *really* good at catching those banner/PDF exploits. My machine intercepted one yesterday, as ... : MagicWishMonkey
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      I was running NOD32 when I got infected, and did a full scan with both MSE and NOD32 and neither detected... : ThomW
      
      You don't have to go anywhere nasty, those ads are all over the place (including the Shack, occasionally)... : MagicWishMonkey
      
      The exploit is a different animal from the resident malware. Detecting the exploit getting fired off isn... : umcpwintermute
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  Why they don't disable javascript as default still baffles me. : quazar
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    Why they even put it in baffles me.
    
    PDF is a format that should only be used for storing legacy paper-based pieces of shit. It doesn't need interactivity. Shit, they even added support for movies into the damn thing. Anything with that kind of content shouldn't be in PDF format in the first place.
    
    Fuck margins, fuck page breaks, fuck headers and footers, fuck fonts that are either huge or unreadable and never work right on a screen, fuck documents that won't flow their layout to fit my window size.
    
    Fuck PDF.
    
    Jan 13, 2010 7:36am PST
    
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    Why they even put it in baffles me. PDF is a format that should only be used for storing legacy paper-... : nudel
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      isn't it for filling out forms? : dantastic
      
      yes it is : electroly
      
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      If it's a form you'd fill out on a computer screen, it shouldn't be PDF. If it's a form you'd fill out... : nudel
      
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      the canadian passport forms use it to validate the information that you put in it. you're then supposed ... : dantastic
      
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      is that really the best tool though? : boring gegtik
      
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      It's a step in the right direction. The previous method involved filling out a PDF, printing it out, then... : MagicWishMonkey
      
      hmm... on the other hand, javascript... *does that balancing pantomime with his hands* : boring gegtik
    - graphic designers are banging their heads upon reading this post :P (although i totally agree re: java... : jipey
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    the entire internet should just disable javascript : NukemFornever
    - Nah I think the interweb should be made out of only PDFs in the future. It's a much better format than HT... : Pulveri
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  Will disabling JavaScript hurt the functionality of Adobe Reader? What does it do? Will I still be able ... : treefingers1
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    chances are extremely good that you have never and will never need the javascript functionality. it's fo... : electroly
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      The best use for PDF JavaScript is installing trojans on your machine. : MagicWishMonkey
      
      Also, if you open a document that requires enabling it you will get a prompt asking if you want to enable... : MagicWishMonkey
    - Google Docs uses it for printing (it renders the document to PDF, then automatically pops up the print di... : afty
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  can you disable javascript en masse via gpo or some other way? : epit
  - God I wish. I'm 90% sure that's how a spambot got installed on a workstation here last week. I really d... : o0JediBeavis0o
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    can you change arbitrary registry keys with gpo? it's just one key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acr... : electroly
    - Hm, I don't have the JSPrefs key in mine... v. 9.2 : rasputinreborn
    - is there a way to disable that damn popup message warning me that I have javascript disabled, that comes ... : Modulus
- If it's not reader, it's flash. If it's not flash, it's reader. LOL : surley_monkey
- 8 year olds can exploit Adobe software no surprise here. : metalremains
- I got some PDF shit a few weeks back. MSE detected it. I think i formatted after that. and since I ha... : NukemFornever
- Also, uninstall Acrobat.com and Adobe AIR if you don't actively use them. They're both included in the d... : Ride-My-Rocket
- I fucking hate adobe. their customer service is the worst i've ever dealt with on a professional basis. : radarman
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  Can't wait for a flash exploit. Won't that be fun? : GloriousCow
  - Flash executes inside it's own sandbox so it's more secure by design. There was an exploit last year b... : MagicWishMonkey

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