All these exploits targeting vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader around it makes many of us wonder if the time was right for a PDF reader change. It certainly is. There are lots of different alternatives available for popular Adobe Reader. Not only are those more secure but also much smaller in size than the most famous one. I made a decision to switch to a lighter solution a few years ago when Adobe's product seemed to become larger and larger.
What product am I using then? Well, instead of telling that I give a link to a site with a list of free software PDF readers: http://pdfreaders.org/ :-) Not on the list but still also a good alternative is Foxit Reader from Foxit Software. If you're going to install Foxit Reader be careful with options during the install or otherwise you may end up with Foxit Toolbar installed. To avoid this, uncheck all three boxes in "Foxit Toolbar powered by Ask.com" -screen during the install.
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Foxit Reader probably includes Ask Toolbar, see http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2009/02/beware-foxit-reader-includes-asktoolbar.html for example.
Yes, it does. I added instructions to avoid toolbar installation by accident. Thanks for your comment.
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