Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier contains a vulnerability that is exploitable via Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems are all vulnerable to the exploit if Adobe Reader or Acrobat is used. View full post on About.com Antivirus Software: Most Popular Articles

ulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat are the number one most common infection vector, bar none. Making sure you stay up-to-date with the latest version of Adobe products is imperative, but not foolproof. To use Adobe Reader (and Acrobat) safely, you need to make a few tweaks to its settings. Following are the must-make [...]

PDF files are not safe if you are using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to open them. Malicious PDF files are the most common vector of infection on the Web and, increasingly, in email. These malicious PDF files exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. Exploits of vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader / Acrobat were [...]

Adobe, the giant who invented cross-platform publishing formats like Postscript and PDF and Flash, as well as the ubiquitous and incessantly emulated Photoshop, what’s next for them? Well, we know they support net neutrality and open markets, because they believe, as do most innovators on the Internet, that creativity cannot exist in a world of [...]

Adobe has the dubious distinction of developing the three most commonly exploited software: Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Flash. Each time yet another vulnerability in Adobe products is discovered, users are encouraged to upgrade. Well, if you followed that advice and moved to Adobe Reader / Acrobat version 9, now you have a whole [...]