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Date: Fri Sep 23 14:32:29 2005
From: mark at dolphtech.com (Mark W. Webb)
Subject: PDF's unsafe?

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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