security vulnerability in adobe reader?

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daedalus__
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security vulnerability in adobe reader?

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sometimes when i visit websites with a lot of seedy advertisements they exploit adobe reader to install software on my machine. its very frustrating and seems to be a quite new exploit. does anyone have any information about this?

i found this: http://www.enigmasoftware.com/adobe-rea ... computers/

but it doesnt quite seem to be what ive been experiencing
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Re: security vulnerability in adobe reader?

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If it deals with advertisements try using Firefox's adblock.

Or you may need to just update your adobe reader version? That might fix some things.
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Re: security vulnerability in adobe reader?

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dunno im not even sure that is what it was anymore.

but i did solve the problem.

changed to ubuntu :)
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