There are other alternatives....

[polonus]

Hi malware fighters,

Some use FoxitReader as an alternative for Adobe's product (because of certain security issues and major updating and upgrading problems - these weren't handled correctly).
But there are more alternatives for the home user:
Think for instance of PDF-XChange Viewer

http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/

and Sumatra PDF
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/

Descriptions of the software and user experieces you can find here
on download.cnet.com could be helpful as well:
http://download.cnet.com/Foxit-Reader/3000-10743_4-10313206.html
http://download.cnet.com/PDF-XChange-Viewer/3000-10743_4-10598377.html
http://download.cnet.com/Sumatra-PDF-Viewer/3000-10743_4-10698785.html

What is your PDF Reader of Choice?

pol

[spg SCOTT]

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What is your PDF Reader of Choice?

Me? Sumatra PDF...It may have limited features, as I have been told, but it does the job for me

I use the portable version, running from the hard drive. This means less installation of software, and also, I i want to remove it, I just delete the folder it is contained in. Just makes life easier...

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/sumatra_pdf_portable

-Scott-

[Hermite15]

sticking to Adobe, can't see any reason to change... (security flaws have been addressed as far as I know -a javascript one for instance - and updating has never been a problem for me). I've been fighting on a Linux forums to have Adobe Reader work again with a new GTK version, because I couldn't stand the alternative readers there..got fixed  

[spg SCOTT]

sticking to Adobe, can't see any reason to change...

Really???

The only time I use adobe, is at school, when I forget my memory stick...so no chioce (if I have to use it...)

[superhacker]

i use foxit reader from 2 years or less

[CharleyO]

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I like and use coolPDFreader because it is free, small (904 kb or less depending on the type of installer), uses very little resources, and is very fast.

http://www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html


8 reasons to choose coolPDFreader :

View and Print PDF
Convert PDF to BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, WMF, EMF, EPS
Extract PDF to TXT
Support PDF files of all versions
Work with 68+ different languages
Zoom in/out and Rotate page displays
Slide show PDF document with full screen
Small in size, only 650KB  (installed program)


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[superhacker]

i will test it but all those features and 650 kb 

[Dch48]

Sticking with Adobe here too. No reason to change.

[bob3160]

Sticking with Adobe here too. No reason to change.

Security is one good reason

[spg SCOTT]

Sticking with Adobe here too. No reason to change.

Security is one good reason

The multiple security issues we hear about makes that more that one reason

[Hermite15]

Sticking with Adobe here too. No reason to change.

Security is one good reason

The multiple security issues we hear about makes that more that one reason

it's nothing more than a security flaw like in Firefox or Internet Explorer, and it's getting fixed too. Thing is sometimes it takes a while before the fix from Adobe comes I admit. Took about a month last summer until the update came. Until then they advised to deactivate javascript...so yeah, this can be discussed.

[DavidR]

Sticking with Adobe here too. No reason to change.

Problem is these flaws/vulnerabilities keep being found with a frequency better than the buses round my way.

It is just another vulnerability waiting to be found and exploit. Hardly a week go by without another horror story, aside from it is a bloated application for what is supposed to be a PDF reader. Not to mention it takes them forever to get their act together to close the vulnerability.

[Dch48]

Adobe put out a patch for the reader today which takes it to v9.2 . I agree, it's no different from patching anything else that the lowlifes had found a way to hack. I've never had a problem and never even disabled java or anything else.

[Dch48]

Adobe put out a patch for the reader today which takes it to v9.2 . I agree, it's no different from patching anything else that the lowlifes had found a way to hack. I've never had a problem and never even disabled java or anything else. Hell, I don't even block ads, sometimes they're more interesting than the page they're on.    (I also have had the experience that blocking ads actually made my browsing slower.)

[Hermite15]

blocking ads make your browsing slower...you already said today that giving GMX as a secondary address on a new Gmail account brought you tons of spam in your GMX inbox... we must not surf the same Internet then