FoxIt PDF Reader Security Patches Now Available
FoxIt Software, makers of the popular free alternative PDF reader, FoxIt Reader, announced patches for three public vulnerabilities that were discovered in the past few weeks. With all the press attention focused on Adobe's Acrobat PDF reader, it may have gone somewhat overlooked that FoxIt Reader also had some weaknesses. In this case, FoxIt has managed to get the jump on Adobe as well, releasing their patches first.
FoxIt Software has provided the free, lightweight alternative PDF reader application since 2001. They have made a name for themselves by providing a product that is not only fully compatible with the Acrobat PDF format, but also with a small disk and memory footprint while doing so. They have carried this philosophy over to their mobile offerings as well, providing complete PDF viewers for Windows Mobile and other embedded operating systems.
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