Well, two things prompt me to make this post: 1) I was able to finally determine that the nasty rootkit virus I got a while back (few months ago) was from a
PDF file that I downloaded and viewed, and 2) the folks at AVAST AV have just discovered yet another new exploit - and an existing virus! - that allows for infection via IMAGES EMBEDDED IN PDF FILES. (Chrome or JAVA AS AN OS is sounding better every day....)
Soooo, I'm advising folks to update to the most-current versions of Adobe
TM Acrobat Reader and
Flash Player ASAP.
I'm not particularly happy about doing this, as Adobe SW has consistently become more and more bloated with every new release, and obviously has been way too lax/cavalier with their allowance of code execution systems along their development path, but given the current state of KNOWN problems with these ubiquitous programs, I think it's time to bite the bullet and update, for safety's sake alone.
(NOTE: Posted in the General board for more widespread attention, but should really be in the Tech Support section, eventually....)