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Has everybody heard of this serious zero day exploit with Adobe Acrobat and the recently released update and instructions to rectify the issue: Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat Standard and Pro are vulnerable to exploits, whereby a person who created a malicious pdf file can cause your computer to run programs, install software, viruses, worms and Trojans. Update available for vulnerability in versions 8.1 and earlier of Adobe Reader and Acrobat Release date: October 22, 2007 Vulnerability identifier: APSB07-18 CVE number: CVE-2007-5020 Platform: Windows XP (Vista users are not affected) with Internet Explorer 7 installed Affected software versions: Adobe Reader 8.1 and earlier, Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.1 and earlier versions, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Standard, 3D and Elements 7.0.9 and earlier http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-18.html