Hazards of Use Adobe Reader

Network security company F-Secure warned computer users to temporarily do not use the program Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files.

The reason for the last few years a lot of cyberspace criminals who exploit holes in the program to spread malware.

“About 47 percent of the attacks take advantage of weaknesses Acrobat Reader,” said researchers at security firm F-Secure, Mikko Hypponen as reported by Cnet, Saturday (24/4/2009).

A month ago, when Adobe said it had patched the hole in the Acrobat Reader, but still F-Secure still found a gap in the application’s PDF file reader. Therefore, F-Secure revealed that computer owners use other programs to read PDF files.

“Adobe should make security a top priority,” he said.

In the year 2008, cyberspace criminals more fame Microsoft Word application. According to 34.5 percent Hypponen attacks in 2008 originated from the files of Microsoft Word.