Adobe harms users when announcing dangerous vulnerabilities?

Two software from Adobe Systems - which are being used by millions of people to read documents online - contain vulnerabilities that allow hackers to attack a PC without the victim's knowledge.

Last week, Adobe posted a notice on its official website, saying it " accidentally " inserted a vulnerability into Adobe Reader and Acrobat software. Exploiting this vulnerability, destructive software can sneak into computers, gain control of the machine, steal sensitive data, spread tens of thousands of spam or invade the government's PC system.

However, Adobe believes the flaw only affects computers that are running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system and Internet Explorer. " We are actively trying to fix it, but perhaps the patch cannot be released before the end of October ."

According to some security experts, that time is too much for hackers to take their malware through firewalls or anti-virus software and get into computers.

Mistake?

" Users should exert pressure, forcing Adobe to act faster, " said Beyond Security expert Gadi Evron.

Malware is a very common problem today. Most recently, they have undermined eBay's Skype Internet phone service and AOL's IM chat software. Sometimes, hackers also hide malware in Word documents to trick users into opening.

In the Adobe case, the danger is that this vulnerability was brought to light before the company found a fix, meaning that the hacker had a lot of chances of overflowing with water.

" The company should have postponed the disclosure of the vulnerability until the update software was ready ," commented Evron.

Some temporary defense solutions have been posted on the company's official website yesterday at www.adobe.com/support/security, however, these instructions are primarily for corporate network administrators. career only.

For their part, individual users still have to passively wait until the patch releases.

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