From: Gary Britt 

Guess I'll need to upgrade here soon.

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Yep using FF2
>
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:45745734$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Are you using Firefox 2, I can't find the setting in Firefox 1.5
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>> 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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