From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I just installed the Foxit reader and changed the Firefox settings and it
appears to work


"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:4573ce29$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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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