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Title: Adobe Reader workaround for embedded executable attack Post by: brichter on April 08, 2010, 03:45:06 AM So, as you may or may not have heard, there's another vulnerability in our friend Adobe Reader.
Good news, there's a workaround. From http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6028&tag=nl.e550 (http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6028&tag=nl.e550) : Users can also turn off this functionality in the Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Preferences by selecting > Edit > Preferences > Categories > Trust Manager > PDF File Attachments and clearing (unchecking) the box “Allow opening of non-PDF file attachments with external applications” Here's a picture of the setting for your edification...: (http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/adobe_uncheck.png) Good luck and happy PDF reading! :88- :96- :200- Title: Re: Adobe Reader workaround for embedded executable attack Post by: Ron (r273) on April 08, 2010, 10:38:54 AM Thanks Bill :244- :244-
Ron (r273) Title: Re: Adobe Reader workaround for embedded executable attack Post by: laneman on April 08, 2010, 02:17:33 PM Thanks for the heads up,just changed all of mine.
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