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echo: nthelp
to: Paul Ranson
from: Geo
date: 2005-09-14 22:30:58
subject: Re: AdobeReader7

From: "Geo" 

Here is the best part of that PDF, it didn't use any exploits, it used PDF
FEATURES, these are things adobe believes should be available to anyone who
writes a PDF file.

Oh, and I didn't include music because I didn't have anything handy, but I
could easily have had music playing while the PDF was displayed.

Scarey?

Geo.

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:4328b6bf$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> I think my web browser needs to be secure against anywhere you might send
> me. So that doesn't bother me too much.
>
> I'd like to turn it off though...
>
> Paul
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:43283233$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> > news:4327a15e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> How important is it to disable JavaScript?  What are the other things
you
> >> disabled?  I didn't realize JavaScript was part of the .PDF file
format??
> >
> > I've attached a pdf document so you can test to see if you disabled it.
> > Haven't found a way to disable everything this pdf exposes but I the
> > javascript can be stopped (instructions in the pdf).
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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