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Date: Fri Sep 23 14:50:35 2005
From: xyberpix at xyberpix.com (Xyberpix)
Subject: PDF's unsafe?

My question on this whole thread, as I'm finding it really interesting, is how
the hell did you do that?
Can you point me to any how to's as I really wanna try and come up with something
along these lines.

xyberpix

On Fri Sep 23 14:06 , 'Mark W. Webb' <mark@...phtech.com> sent:

>It appears that there are ways in which malware can be injected into a 
>PDF.  My question is, are there tools to detect them/remove them?  Sure, 
>I guess AV programs can help, but what about the case where I insert a 
>"del /f c:\*.*"
>
>Thanks...
>
>Geo. wrote:
>
>>Haven't any of the security firms checked out adobe pdf reader to see if
>>it's safe? It took 5 minutes to create this nonsense
>>http://www.nthelp.com/test.pdf and that's just using the standard features.
>>I hate to think what a real hacker could do with a pdf.
>>
>>Geo.
>>
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