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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. gHacks technology news Adobe Reader Security Vulnerabilities October 8, 2009 at 4:06 pm Adobe has posted information about a known critical security vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat on Windows, Mac and Unix operating systems. According to Adobe there are reports about a limited attack on the Windows versions of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.1.3 (and most likely earlier). A patch that is fixing the issue will be released by Adobe on October 13 for all operating systems as part of the Adobe Reader and Acrobat quarterly security update. Windows Vista and Windows 7 who have DEP enabled (that’s Data Execution Prevention) are protected from the exploit. Users who work with different operating systems are encouraged to disable JavaScript to protect against the specific known exploit. Adobe mentions that it is on the other hand possible to create an exploit that does not rely on JavaScript. Adobe plans to resolve this issue as part of the upcoming Adobe Reader and Acrobat quarterly security update, scheduled for release on October 13. Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 customers with DEP enabled on Windows Vista will be protected from this exploit. Disabling JavaScript also mitigates against this specific exploit, although a variant that does not rely on JavaScript could be possible. In the meantime, Adobe is also in contact with Antivirus and Security vendors regarding the issue and recommends users keep their anti-virus definitions up to date. Probably the best protection at this point is to uninstall Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat and install a third party pdf viewer like Foxit Reader, muPDF or STDU Viewer. Additional information are available at the Adobe website. Tags: adobe, adobe acrobat, adobe reader, adobe reader exploit, adobe reader vulnerability, pdf Related posts Unofficial Adobe Reader Patch Released (4) Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Updates (3) Critical Adobe Reader Update (4) Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player Zero Day Vulnerability (2) Adobe Reader Speedup (14) Yahoo Meme Opens Registrations For Anyone October 8, 2009 at 2:41 pm We reviewed Yahoo Meme a while ago here at Ghacks and gave out several invites to Yahoo’s Twitter-like service. The service was in private beta back then which meant that only users with invites were allowed to use it. Yahoo Meme expands on the basic options that Twitter is offering to its users. It gets rid of the character limit and accepts direct picture, video and audio posts. Something that Twitter users can only post as links. Yahoo Meme is still in beta but a recent silent change makes it possible to anyone to register an account without invites. That’s a big change to before and it remains to be seen if the developers have opened registrations just for a short time or permanently. Users who want to try out Yahoo Meme can visit the main page of the service to sign in with a Yahoo account or create a new Yahoo account for that purpose. The process does not take longer than a few minutes the most. Yahoo Meme offers many advantages over Twitter like the aforementioned ones. The only thing that it currently lacks is popularity. This could change if the service is promoted in the right way by Yahoo. You can follow Ghacks at Yahoo Meme by visiting the official Ghacks page at Yahoo Meme. Tags: twitter, twitter clone, yahoo, yahoo meme Related posts Yahoo Meme Invites (47) Do you like the idea of Identi.ca? (5) Yahoo, sick of them yet? (4) Yahoo! Messenger Buddy Spy (6) Yahoo vs. Google vs. Msn, Search commands compared (3)   This email was sent to adcellcom@gmail.com.  Manage Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.