Difficult To Believe: Pdfs Put Windows Xp At Risk, Says Researcher

[cybernaut 0]

I hope this so-called "pdf exploit" is not serious. I am using pdf as a way of generating report in my website project. I am also a frequent user of pdf file.

[dserban 0]

i don't really like PDFs >_< i hatrwhen i click on an tutorial it sometimes come open with PDF >_< i hate it alot it lags up alot

There are a couple of things you might be able to do about slow performance when opening / browsing PDF files.1. If you want lightning fast performance when opening PDFs, use the Sumatra PDF Viewer (http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html https://l''>https://l'>http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html https://l).
2. If you want good browsing performance after the PDF has been opened, then use FoxIT Reader (https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is like a stocky frat guy you never want to invite to your Halloween parties, because he'll show up wearing a giant gift-wrapped box with a "To: Women, From: God" label on top. He thinks he is all that, but he really just wore a costume so big he can't get through the front door and has to stay outside by the fire all night.
Acrobat Reader does one thing poorly - read PDFs. To do this it needs to download updates at least twice a month. Acrobat's other big feature is the ability to bring your system to a roaring halt while it boots up its massive amount of plugins and libraries. All this to display just one page.
Edited February 16, 2008 by dserban (see edit history)

[Quatrux 4]

I knew about Foxit reader, it really is great and much faster than Adobe Reader, but I tried SumatraPDF and it is even faster than you use the actual size of the PDF, even though it has almost all features off, for reading it is just great, thanks for sharing :PBy the way, I recommend to turn off the plugin in browsers, when you click on a pdf file with your mouse in a link and pdf opens in your browser tab, I really hate that, I prefer that it would open in a normal window of Adobe or any other PDF viewer, it's much faster and doesn't lag the browser and besides it can be easily changed in most browsers preferences.

[ethergeek 0]

I don't want to by any means start a windows bashing fest...but seriously, what *doesn't* put Windows XP at risk? It's getting to the point where my Secunia RSS feeds for XP are bigger in the morning than my 30 other feeds (including consumerist, engadget, slashdot and digg) COMBINED.I'm with xboxrulz on this one...Mac user and effin LOVING IT.

[overkiller 0]

thats very interesting!Everything seems to have a draw back nowadays ;)I think i'd better be more carful!