A network security company F-Secure in order to remind computer users to temporarily do not use the Adobe Acrobat Reader application to read PDF files. Section during the last few years, many virtual world criminals who exploit holes in the program to spread Malware.
"Approximately 47 percent of attacks exploit weaknesses Acrobat Reader," said researchers at security firm F-Secure, Mikko Hypponen, as quoted from CNET, Saturday (4/24/2009).
One month ago, Adobe has fix the hole in Acrobat Reader, but F-Secure still find the chink in the application of the PDF files. Therefore, F-Secure said that the users should use other program to read PDF files.
"Adobe should make the security as a main priority," he said.
In the year 2008, the virtual world criminals more sponge Microsoft Word application. According to Hypponen 34.5 percent in 2008 was the attack of the files Microsoft Word.
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