Read this before downloading a PDF directly from Google search results - it could be a virus

[Kent Sharkey]

SlashGear[^]:

Attackers are creating PDF files and using search engine optimization techniques to rank these files high on popular search engines like Google and Bing, according to the new report.

PDFs could be malware? Isn't that redundant?

[Joe Woodbury]

Adobe is the malware king!

[charlieg]

Filed under "stuck on stupid." Years ago, Microsoft decided to support html and scripting languages in their email client, because "we found that our users wanted a more interactive and dynamic email environment." Up until that time, you could not get a virus from reading email. Anyone remember those days? Then they added scripting languages to Office apps, and an entire new breed of virus' was born. And now we're added smarts to PDF files? We're stuck on stupid.

Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.