Adobe Reader Security Update

CRITICAL vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9.0 and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier versions.

These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that one of these issues is being exploited!

# Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.0 update to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1.

# Adobe recommends users of Acrobat 8 update to Acrobat 8.1.4, and users of Acrobat 7 update to Acrobat 7.1.1.

For Adobe Reader users who can’t update to Adobe Reader 9.1, Adobe has provided the Adobe Reader 8.1.4 and Adobe Reader 7.1.1 updates.

Users who have previously updated to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 for Windows and Macintosh need not take any action.

As of March 24, Adobe has also made available the Adobe Reader 9.1 and Adobe Reader 8.1.4 updates for Unix.

Adobe recommends Adobe Reader users update to Adobe Reader 9.1, available here:

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Users with Adobe Reader 7.0 through 8.1.3, who can’t update to Adobe Reader 9.1, should update to Adobe Reader 8.1.4 or Adobe Reader 7.1.1, available from one of the following links:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix

If have NOT done so already then upgrade NOW!

Regards

Marc Liron – Microsoft MVP
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