#Download foxit reader for linux pdf

don't even think about a 64bit releaseĢ/ 5 years without security review is kind of never, tooģ/ maybe smaller, but this does not make it impervious to PDF format flawsĤ/ probably nobody reported breaches to them because nobody cares, but no news is not necessarily good news. Nomko wrote:I had a mail conversation the last few days with Foxit and these are their statement:ġ/ no plans => never again. So, as a 'hacker', why aiming for a small, maybe somehow unknown, application of which you don't know how it functions rather than aiming for an application which is commonly spread and works the same under Windows as under Linux or Mac-OS? It is the same as with all Windows viruses, go for the big mass! That other program might have most of Adobe Reader's options and tools, but it also depends on how it is written and in which programming language it is written. If some other PDF reader is installed, it does not mean that it functions exactly the same way as Adobe reader/Acroread. Any bug founded in the PDF file format and/or Adobe Reader is a worldwide spread bug, they only have to write 1 malicious software or hide a few lines of code in a PDF file, distribute it over the internet and there will be a huge amount of Adobe users infected by it.

#Download foxit reader for linux how to

Since most, if not all, users are using Adobe Reader for opening/reading PDF files, it is more prone to security attacks since the attackers know how Adobe Reader works as a program and how to exploit the program. They made a point about the security breaches. Also Foxit reader doesn't had any major security breaches unlike Adobe reader/Acroread.Foxit reader is smaller than Adobe Reader/Acroread and therefore a lesser target for any kind of breaches.The program didn't had any security updates the last 5 years so it's not to tell how secure the program really is.No plans yet to release a new version, in the future it might happen.

I had a mail conversation the last few days with Foxit and these are their statement: Eanfrid wrote:Did you seriously think that a software unmaintained since almost 5 years would be bulletproof and secure regarding pdf threats and exploits which pop up many times a year ?