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Hackers Zero in on New Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability

posted February 26, 2009 - 9:31am
Hackers Zero in on New Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability

Hackers are targeting a zero-day vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat with malicious PDF files. Adobe officials say a fix for the issue will be available for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat in the coming weeks.

This is an on-going situation so worth keeping up to date when a patch will be released. As always, one obvious protection is just not to open any pdf files in an email and to make sure you trust your sources. The malware can take complete control of your pc if activated.

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