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Originally Posted by felix8406 From PC World http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...l?tk=nl_dnxnws
A must read for everyone: According to multiple threat researchers at security vendors, tens of thousands of spam messages were blasted out last week with attached PDF files, which infect the recipients' PCs when viewed. The subject lines of the new crop of PDF spam are finance-related, according to security vendors, using phrases designed to get the recipient's attention such as "your credit report." These e-mails contain no text, simply the attachment.
"When opened, the PDF file uses the CVE-2007-5020 vulnerability via Acrobat Reader... continue on site. |
Wow, Am I not glad I dropped BLOTE WARE "Acrobe" Reader ages ago, and went with the FREE PDF reader, by FOXIT. Foxit is faster to open, easy to set as DEFAULT, smaller in size, and simply works... I highly recommend it to all