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Originally Posted by Sgt.Stubby
BTW, you might want to consider security. PDFs can be infected with malware that becomes active by simply opening them.
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That's a little misleading.
Although arbitrary programs can indeed be embedded inside a PDF, in order to activate a virus embedded in a PDF a user would have to:
1. Open the PDF Inside the full version of Adobe Acrobat. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Digital Editions, and all other PDF reading applications do not support embedded files and will not allow the virus to run.
2. Double-click on the file attachment annotation inside the PDF document. This attachment
cannot be run automatically – the user has to double-click on it before anything happens.
3. Ignore the VERY stern warning that Acrobat will display warning you that the attachment might be malicious.
ie You have to work pretty hard to catch a virus embedded in a PDF. It cannot run automatically, and certainly not be merely opening a PDF.