PDF files as malware carriers

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121241783873037907.html?mod=todays_us_market
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Adobe Adds Flash To Acrobat Software

By JESSICA HODGSON
June 3, 2008; Page B8


Adobe Systems Inc.'s latest version of its Acrobat document-sharing software
will allow users to embed videos in PDF files.

The software maker said Monday that Acrobat 9 will allow users to include
Flash-based video when they create documents in the portable document
format, or PDF. Until now, PDF documents could only include text and simple
graphics.

By incorporating Flash into Acrobat 9, Adobe is making use of technologies
it acquired when it bought Macromedia Inc. in late 2005.

"Based on our research and beta testing, we think it's going to be
attractive to sales and marketing people," said Kevin Lynch, Adobe's chief
technology officer.

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