Of course, just because the website is down doesn’t necessarily mean that updates requested from within the product are necessarily impacted. It’s unclear quite what the problem is with Foxit Software’s website, but hopefully they will be able to fix it soon for the benefit of their users.

When I tried, however, I couldn’t reach Foxit’s website to download the software: You can either go to Help|Check for Updates in the Foxit reader software, or download the latest version (5.4.5) directly from Foxit’s website. That’s not good.”īut there is good news now, namely that Foxit has responded to the vulnerability with an update. He wrote that “the, which is a side-effect of a stack overflow, pretty much lets you write to a memory location of your choice. No malware appeared in the wild that exploited the bug, but Naked Security’s Paul Ducklin examined and explained the vulnerability in some detail. As a case in point, a vulnerability was found in Foxit’s browser plugin earlier this month. That doesn’t mean, of course, that alternative software is immune from security vulnerabilities. The thinking is that if online criminals exploit a security vulnerability in Adobe’s PDF software, it may not be also present in the Foxit reader. The malicious attackers like it when the whole world is using the same software, as it increases their chances of a successful attack.Īnd for that reason, some people use alternative software – such as Foxit Software’s PDF reader. Similarly, we see frequent attacks against the likes of Java, Adobe Flash and Adobe’s Acrobat PDF reader because they are so widely used. Just think about it – substantially more malware is written for Windows than there is for Mac or Linux. There’s something to be said for not going with the crowd, when it comes to securing your computer.

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