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Adobe has released an update to fix the security vulnerability that I told you about back on February 25th. Please apply this fix as soon as possible.

To fix the problem, Adobe Reader must be upgraded to version 9.1.  This applies to all Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh users of the Adobe Reader. You can download and install Adobe Reader 9.1 here:

Note: This fix is currently only for the version 9 Reader.  Fixes for version 7 and 8 Readers are in the works and scheduled for release by March 18 2009. The version 9 Reader can exist with older versions of the full Adobe acrobat product if need be.

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Adobe has recently announced that there is a critical security vulnerability in their Acrobat and Reader products, and that they will be unable to release a patch for the issue until March 11, 2009.  This is a serious security issue that affects all current versions of Acrobat and Reader, going back to 2005 (which includes versions 7 through the current version 9.) Adobe Acrobat and Reader are the applications used to create and view .PDF files.

To help reduce the exposure you have to this security vulnerability, please make the following changes from within the Acrobat and Reader applications:

  1. Launch Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader
  2. Select Help → Update
    • After the update has completed (if necessary), complete the next steps within the application:
  3. Select Edit → Preferences
  4. Select the JavaScript Category
  5. Un-check the “Enable Acrobat JavaScript” option
  6. Click OK

Please note: These steps will not protect you completely from the security issue, but it will lessen the potential for being hacked. The actual fix for this issue is scheduled for release by Adobe on March 11, 2009.  Until then, as with other files you may download from the Internet, you must be careful and diligent regarding the source of any file you choose to transfer to and open on your computer.

Because of the lack of a patch or update for such an extended period of time, everyone needs to be particularly careful when opening PDF documents from potentially untrustworthy web sites on the Internet, via email, or from other sources.

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