Acrobat is well known for its ability to create professional and polished PDF files. In the latest version of Acrobat new tools are introduced that will change the way we interact with PDF files. Acrobat now allows you to create stunning multimedia documents, and share them as you would with any other PDF. There are [...]
Trend Micro detected TROJ_PIDIEF.WIA, a trojan that arrives as a mass email attachment. This trojan may also be downloaded by visiting malicious Web sites. According to Trend Micro’s malware blog, it “uses the heap spray technique to execute shellcode in its stream.” This, in turn, infects your system with the malicious backdoor file, BKDR_POISON.UC, and [...]
Adobe recently announced some major updates to its popular Acrobat.com service. According to their press release, Adobe has moved Acrobat.com out of beta testing and is now offering two paid subscription services. Since its launch about a year ago, over 5 million people have signed up to use Acrobat.com for sharing documents and online team [...]
Enfocus PitStop Professional 08 is only $588 (MSRP $699) through Sunday, March 22 at SoftwareMedia. PitStop Professional is a must have for any PDF production workflow and integrates great with Adobe Acrobat. PitStop Pro goes beyond preflight (a standard process in most graphic arts workflows) and delivers customizable preflight reports. PitStop Professional’s automated corrections save [...]
We reported a few weeks ago that Adobe had discovered some critical vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader caused by malformed JavaScript in PDF files. This would cause the application to crash and then potentially allow an attacker to gain control of the system. In this article we offered a temporary fix to the problem, but [...]
Adobe recently released a security bulletin regarding a security flaw in Adobe Acrobat 9, Reader 9, and previous versions of both products. Current security breaches are a result of malformed JavaScript in PDF files. Adobe plans on releasing a critical update in the coming weeks, but in the meantime you should protect your system by [...]