Adobe Reader X 10.0.1 safe?

Greetings :major

Heard the new version of Adobe X 10 had some problems last week. Can anyone please advise - is the new version 10.0.01 safe now?

Much appreciated!
snapper

 

Well I do not know if it is Adobe X the culprit but I try Foxit too and both had the same problem when I ask to print a page both said that found a problem and needed to close. And I still looking for a way to fix this...

 

AMEN!!!

Although Adobe, Microsoft, etc. do a relatively good job of catching and fixing loopholes hackers find, it's usually a reactive (not proactive) process. Until a hacker finds (and exploits) a weakness in software it won't be fixed. It often takes days for the update ("fix") to be released, giving malware a--holes plenty of time to find thousands of victims.

There is no substitute for using common sense when deciding to open unknown or suspicious e-mails, documents or web links. I try to explain this to my clients; however you'd be surprised how many people mistakenly think a .pdf document opened with Adobe or a search result from Yahoo is automatically "safe" based on the Adobe, Yahoo, etc. name.

:banghead

 

Contact Foxit support. They are excellent. I had to email support in January when my 5 computers had a problem. Support was able to quickly get 4 of them working. The 5th one took more troubleshooting but the support gal stuck with me for a week until it worked perfectly. She gave me links to downloads, showed me screenshots and explained step by step what I needed to do. When it didn't work, she provided additional help.

 

Greetings DavidGP & All

Thank you for all your feedback. I am just recovering (about ten days now) from having my system utterly compromised and reloading everything back on. Hence I am fearful (wish I had five PCs - good for you).... of everything. Read on a thread with Kestrel13! (a very popular :majormalware fighter) that the Adobe Reader X did in fact have a breach in its code around April 12. Anyone who loaded in at that time had some problems. Before I re-load just wanted to know if the patch worked. I do appreciate all the comments. Yes.... nothing is guaranteed.

GMN863 - good luck on a repair

PS: DavidGP - going to the wedding?

snapper

 

I have a different PDF editor than Adobe, it's Infix pdf editor that is as good as acrobat (if not better security-wise) and cheaper.

http://www.iceni.com/infix.htm

 

If you are concerned about automatically patching software security flaws, consider downloading and installing Secunia Personal Software Inspector (free):

http://majorgeeks.com/Secunia_Personal_Software_Inspector_PSI_d6030.html

From the Major Geeks download page:

The Secunia PSI is a free security tool designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer against vulnerabilities in programs.

98 out of 100 PCs have 1 or more insecure programs installed! Download the free Secunia PSI and check your PC for insecure programs exposing you to security threats!

VULNERABLE ?
Did you know that many of the hacker attacks and security threats today exploit software vulnerabilities and code flaws?

UPDATED ?
Keeping your PC and, especially, your third-party programs updated requires you to search the Internet for updates and patches on a regular basis - for all the programs installed on your PC. (Secunia does this automatically; however it will manually prompt you before it installs an update)

WHATS ON YOUR PC ?
The typical user has 30-60 programs installed. Do you know which programs you have installed? Do you know which programs expose you to security threats?

SECURE ?
Is your PC secure? Do you have all the latest security updates and patches?

PROTECT YOURSELF !
Security patches are usually free and available for download from the program vendors. Let the Secunia PSI pinpoint exactly which patches you need to secure your PC.

I have it do an automatic scan once a week. In addition to fixing Adobe issues, it has caught several critical Microsoft issues that Windows Update missed.

 

Aside from any security issues, I tried version 10 on my laptop (Windows Vista Home Premium) and found it sluggish on that computer. I removed it and installed Adobe Reader 9.4.

 

Greetings good :major

Thank you all for the great input and other product recommendations. Prior to reading all the referrals - I actually downloaded adobe and so far so good. I will look into BILLMCC66 product.

DavidGP:.....sorry you could'nt get to the wedding. I watched it in my 'fin-tails' on the tele...it was great!

Good day all... off to the sea salt mines.:wave
Snapper