Critical ActiveX problem for Internet Explorer PDF reader

Posted by Vic Laurie
November 30, 2006

Here we go with yet another ActiveX security hole. Adobe has warned that the ActiveX component that is used to help Internet Explorer read PDF documents contains a critical security bug. Firefox and other browsers are not affected because they do not use ActiveX. As of this writing, Adobe was still working on a fix so in the meantime be very careful about reading PDF documents on the Web with IE. If you want to be absolutely safe, Adobe suggests that you delete the file AcroPDF.dll from the folder Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\. Note that this will disable the ability of IE to read PDF files. To restore the capability, you will need to download the patched DLL when it becomes available.

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