Researcher: ‘MS Should Have Simple PDF Viewer’

Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users
from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe’s Reader, said a security
researcher. Read the full article. [Computerworld]

Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users
from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe’s Reader, said a security
researcher. Read the full article. [Computerworld]

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