The word “Adobe” conjures up a number of meanings here. When we get an email that mentions just “Adobe,” we fill in the blank with one of the following:
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Kevin Liston 292 Posts ISC Handler Jan 15th 2010 |
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Jan 15th 2010 1 decade ago |
Thought it is good add while it is not related: Last update in Dec 09 for Adobe*, the certificate for the download executable to upgrade the vulenrable version was not valid! It appears it is now valid upto 11/04/2012.
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Jan 15th 2010 1 decade ago |
One thing that makes it even MORE confusing is that the last version of "Adobe Acrobat Reader" was 5.1. Versions from 6.0 on have been officially known as "Adobe Reader" (no Acrobat in the name anywhere). Thus, if you're running Adobe Acrobat Reader, you're probably really in need of an update!
So, the products are "Adobe Reader" (which displays PDF files) and "Adobe Acrobat" (in Standard, Professional, Professional Extended, etc. variants). One trick I use is to add a .REG file to the Run key in the registry that turns off JavaScript for Reader/Acrobat whenever a user logs on to the machine. If they access a PDF file that contains JavaScript, they'll get a pop-up asking to turn it on. It turns on JavaScript indefinitely, but they next time their machine gets rebooted JavaScript will get turned back off. It doesn't eliminate the problem (and most users won't think before turning it on, so it's mostly only valuable for aware users), but it does reduce the chances. Finally, one other note - if you use the USPS site to buy postage for packages, it will silently fail to print the label if you have JavaScript turned off. You have to turn it back on and restart your browser. Another workaround involves leaving JavaScript turned off and disabling the display of PDF files inside the browser (which forces the PDF file to open in the full Adobe Reader application instead of in a hidden IE window, and then it can be printed manually). |
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