Triona's Tech Tips

We’ve got another off-schedule emergency update, this one for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. It applies to both Windows and Mac users and will be released sometime next week. I encourage you to check for updates (under the Help menu) and make sure you install this one when it comes out. You can read Adobe’s advisory here.

The new update will take version 9 users to version 9.3.3 and version 8 users to 8.2.3. However, if you’re still on version 8, I recommend you move to version 9. And if you’re on a previous version (like the omnipresent Acrobat Reader 7), you definitely want to move to version 9. Acrobat 7 was the standard for a long time but is now obsolete and can be used as a entry point for viruses.

In case you’re wondering, the difference between Adobe Reader and Acrobat is that the former allows you to read PDF files while the latter also lets you create them. Adobe Reader used to be known as Acrobat Reader and is still referred to as plain ol’ Acrobat. So, yes, these updates apply to you regardless of whether you have the full version of Acrobat or just plain Reader.

You can also visit this web site to find the latest versions of all your Adobe products.

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