Adobe Launches Sandboxed Reader X 201
CWmike writes "Adobe on Wednesday released Reader X, the next version of its popular software that includes a 'sandbox' designed to protect users from PDF attacks. Protected Mode is Adobe's response to experts' demands that the company beef up the security of Reader, which is aggressively targeted by attackers. Calling the sandbox a 'new advancement' in protective measures, Brad Arkin, Adobe's director of security and privacy, admitted it will not stymie every attack. But he argued it will help. 'Even if exploitable security vulnerabilities are found by an attacker, Adobe Reader Protected Mode will help prevent the attacker from writing files or installing malware on potential victims' computers,' Arkin said in a post to a company blog late on Thursday."
Not sure I like this idea (Score:2, Funny)
soon (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great Idea: Will it work? (Score:3, Funny)
Well, you do now ;)
Re:Not sure I like this idea (Score:5, Funny)
The sandbox is to prevent the cats from shitting in your laundry basket.
Re:soon (Score:5, Funny)
Adobe emacs?
Adbode pdf browser plugin (Score:3, Funny)
I absolutely hate it when the PDF loads into the browser rather than the PDF software. All your menus mess up, you can't fully use the PDF software, you can't fully use your browser, the PDF software hogs your browser up.
I blame Internet Explorer.
Desktop Icon (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great Idea: Will it work? (Score:4, Funny)
The sandbox idea is great.
Adobe couldn't fix all the security flaws in their program, so they wrote another program to put their program in.
Fortunately the new porogram has no security flaws.