From: Gary Britt 

Maybe?!   I'll take a look.  Thanks,

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> with Firefox can't you  go into Tools - Options - Content - File
> Types/Manage and change the 'Open With' for pdf ?
>
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:4573c0dd{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I guess that's a duh moment for me.  I have foxit installed and had it make
>> itself the default for PDF's upon installation.  If I double click a .pdf
>> file it opens in foxit, but if I'm browsing and click a link to a .pdf file
>> it opens in Adobe (I am assuming because adobe has a browser plugin and
>> foxit doesn't, if I remember correctly).
>>
>> I guess I could disable the Adobe plugin.
>>
>> Seems odd that foxit doesn't install a plugin for browsing when you tell
>> the foxit installer to make foxit the default .pdf viewer.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Geo wrote:
>>> Why bother? Just set foxit as the default program for .pdf and when you
>>> click on a pdf link you get a popup saying "save or open".
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
>>> news:45729291$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Is there a browser plugin for foxit reader?  Maybe we
could just name a
>>> copy
>>>> of foxit reader acro32.exe or whatever is correct and put it in the
>>>> appropriate adobe directory or something like that?
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> Geo wrote:
>>>>> 4 days later and still no patch or word on when it
will be available..
>>>>>
>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>
>>>>> "John Beamish" 
wrote in message
>>>>>
news:op.tjvvyomgm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/adobe_vuln/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A critical vulnerability has been identified in
Adobe's Acrobat and
>>> Reader
>>>>>> software which affects Internet Explorer users.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As well as causing crashes, the frailty could
allow a botnet to take
>>>>>> control of the whole computer when a PDF is opened
within Explorer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The hole is present in Acrobat Standard and
Professional versions
>>>>>> 7.0.0
>>> to
>>>>>> 7.0.8, and Adobe Reader 7.0.0 to 7.0.8. Only
Microsoft's browser is
>>>>>> vulnerable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adobe's programmers are working on a patch, which
should be available
>>> on
>>>>>> its support site soon. In the meantime, deleting
AcroPDF.dll from the
>>> will
>>>>>> prevent Explorer from opening PDFs in the browser window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adobe's advisory is here.(JB:  embedded link:
>>>>>>
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html )
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