Foxit PDF

In the past, you have to download a huge 85Mb Adobe Acrobat Reader, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document. Moreover, if you want to annotate a PDF document, you have to pay USD299 to buy Adobe Acrobat Standard.

Foxit Reader 2.0 is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size [only 3.7 Mb], breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader 2.0 supports Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.6.

Version 2.0 introduces many exciting new features, including interactive form filler, multi-language UI support, on-demand download of add-on, self upgrade, Javascript support, improved printing speed, streamlined UI and much more.

Visit the website and download HERE.

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Hacker Discovers Adobe PDF Back Doors

A British security researcher has figured out a way to manipulate legitimate features in Adobe PDF files to open back doors for computer attacks.

Read more HERE.

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Backdooring PDF Files

This article will give two practical examples of how Adobe Professional and Adobe Reader can be backdoored. There are 7 or more points where an attacker can launch malicious code. Both of the attacks discussed below are attached to the “Page Open” event.

Read the article HERE.