Adobe Photoshop, among with other products created by Adobe including the notorious Adobe Reader, are known to start slowly. This is one of the main reasons why computer users install and use alternative products which might not offer the full feature set but make up for that in speed and performance. The price of the [...]
Adobe Reader 9.1 Lite
Software programs usually grow with every release. Some of the remarkable products that made it from a tiny resource friendly application are Nero Burning Rom and Adobe Reader. Users who are fed up with those overweight programs usually flock to third party applications that provide a balance between resource usage and functionality. An alternatives for [...]
Unofficial Adobe Reader Patch Released
You might have read about a new vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9 and previous versions that is affecting all platforms and rated critical. The vulnerability can be used to crash an application and allow an attacker to take control of the computer system. Adobe announced plans to release the official patch for all affected products [...]
Of Cracks, Hacks And Jailbreaks
What a day. It started with news that hackers managed to circumvent controls in the T-Mobile G1 Android mobile phone that allowed them to install new programs and even a new operating system. A step by step tutorial has been posted on an Android developer forum. Applied incorrectly the hack could render the mobile phone [...]
Adobe Flash Player Clickjacking Vulnerability
Dante send me a link to an interesting article that described the latest Adobe Flash Player vulnerability. Adobe published a security advisory yesterday that described a clickjacking vulnerability. In short: An attacker could lure the unsuspecting user into clicking on a link that would give the attacker access to the computer’s microphone and webcam without [...]
Disable Adobe Updater
Adobe installs a software called Adobe Updater with many of its products. The updater will automatically connect to the Internet to check for updates for the installed Adobe products. Adobe Updater, that’s the name of the application, will be installed in another folder on the system.
Most users probably do not mind the regular automatic update [...]
You’d be Stupid Not To…
Adobe Reader is the *worst example of software bloat I’ve ever had the bad experience of using. In fact I have not idea why I did use it for so long.
Adobe comes bundled with Windows and it includes the ability for previews in the Explorer sidebar so I guess that was useful enough for me [...]
