Vulnerabilities in several PDF applications

[Alan Baxter]

If I recall correctly, YoKenny also keeps himself safe by keeping IE8 in Vista fully patched.  I do the same in Firefox and also use the NoScript extension to block all pdf files.  Until Foxit fixes it, I've disabled the Foxit Reader plugin for Firefox.

I don't use Firefox nor Vista and use Windows 7 as I like its additional features.

Protected Mode in IE7/IE8 requires UAC be fully enabled in addition to the setting in Internet Explorer being enabled.
Since UAC is typically disabled by Windows Vista/Windows 7 users, that's an important point to consider.

Switch UAC to the quiet mode
http://www.tweak-uac.com/what-is-tweak-uac

My apologies for misremembering your OS.  I think we all know by now that you don't use Firefox.

I've heard that IE8 does a better job of protecting the user than IE7.  Would you recommend that people use IE8 instead of IE7?  I usually do.

[YoKenny]

Hi Omid Farhang,

Thanks for showing Foxit fans they are not secure too!!

How many vulnerabilities the Firefox Plug-in Foxit Reader has in common with Adobe's reader?
So Foxit ReaderFirefox  plug-in is also vulnerable, and no patch in sight yet....
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/198
So download first than read.....but what about new (malicious) PDF-files.
Why did not Firefox put the plug-in on the block list?

polonus

That's talking about Foxit reader version 3.1.1.0928  not 3.1.2.1013

[YoKenny]

My apologies for misremembering your OS.  I think we all know by now that you don't use Firefox.

I've heard that IE8 does a better job of protecting the user than IE7.  Would you recommend that people use IE8 instead of IE7?  I usually do.

No appologies necessary.

There are many reasons to use IE8:
Increased performance
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/faster.aspx
Stay Safer Online
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/safer.aspx
Enhanced tabbed browsing
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/easier.aspx

[George Yves]

There are many reasons to use IE8:
Increased performance
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/faster.aspx
Stay Safer Online
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/safer.aspx
Enhanced tabbed browsing
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/easier.aspx

There are many reasons to use Mozilla Firefox 3.x:
General review
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
The safest web browser
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/security/
Firefox features
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/features/

[YoKenny]

Do people that use Firefox end up looking like your avatar?

Using a browser is a user's choice and thankfully there is a choice.

[George Yves]

Do people that use Firefox end up looking like your avatar?

Using a browser is a user's choice and thankfully there is a choice.

"Choice consists of the mental process of thinking involved with the process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them for action."
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

[YoKenny]

Your last post incuded a link detected by Malwarebytes IP protection

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http://smiles.kolobok.us/big_standart/negative.gifhttp://hosts-file.net/default.asp?s=98.124.198.1

[Omid Farhang]

Do people that use Firefox end up looking like your avatar?

friend, I offer you to use smilies in this page instead of Kolobok, Malwarebytes has a negative opinion about it (I think for no good reason)
http://forum.qip.ru/misc.php?do=showsmilies

[YoKenny]

friend, I offer you to use smilies in this page instead of Kolobok, Malwarebytes has a negative opinion about it (I think for no good reason)
http://forum.qip.ru/misc.php?do=showsmilies

You are confusing smiles with avatars.

[Omid Farhang]

friend, I offer you to use smilies in this page instead of Kolobok, Malwarebytes has a negative opinion about it (I think for no good reason)
http://forum.qip.ru/misc.php?do=showsmilies

You are confusing smiles with avatars.

No, I'm not!

in his post he used a smiley from this URL: hXXp://smiles.kolobok.us/big_standart/negative.gif which MBAM blocked and you report with another link. I attached that smily to this post.

and the link I posted in reply are list of Smilies in QiP messenger (the popular messenger in Russia).

[YoKenny]

I was refering to the avatar not the smilies:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=29744;type=avatar

[Omid Farhang]

I was refering to the avatar not the smilies:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=29744;type=avatar

oops! that's funny, in my side, MBAM blocked the smily, not his avatar, that avatar is stored in avast! forum, what's wrong with that?
check that post again, YoKenny!

[bob3160]

Please, take off the gloves and shake hands.

[George Yves]

Please, take off the gloves and shake hands.

With great pleasure!

As for my avatar, I chose Master Yoda, a Jedi teacher, because of three reasons:

1) We are both teachers.
2) He usually wished "May the Force be with you!" and I wish "May the FOSS be with you!".
3) I like "Star Wars".

[nmb]

Please, take off the gloves and shake hands.

right post at the right time.

nmb