Hacking by PDF

I am not surprised that hackers are enjoying exploiting Adobe Reader since nearly everyone who works on a computer uses it at one point or another. In order to protect yourself make sure that you have the latest version of Adobe Reader. To check for updates and apply them all that you do is open Adobe Reader through the start menu. Then go to "Help" and select "About Adobe Reader __". Next check the version number then go to http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows and look for security updates that have a higher version number than what your Adobe Reader is. A simpler way to combat the Adobe Reader exploits is to use a different PDF reader such as Foxit. Foxit is an open-source PDF reader that is available to anybody, does that same things that Adobe Reader does, and is free to download.