-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Another reason to drop Adobe Acrobat Reader
- From: Dan Chisolm <d0ct0rdan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:00:57 -0500
Lil Annie,
Consider installing OpenOffice, which you can download from
http://download.openoffice.org/. It can open MS Ofice programs and it is free.
Dan
> From: LilAnnie51@xxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:09:01 -0500
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Another reason to drop Adobe Acrobat Reader
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi Gman,
>
> I'm one of your lurkers that asks questions 'once in a great awhile'. Well,
> this is 'once in a great awhile' time. LOL
>
> I'm a little confused. I thought we had to have the Acrobat Reader in order
> for some certain items to be read. I know that sometimes when I download a
> file, it automatically comes through on Acrobat Reader. In fact, I've had
> some
> sites say that you have to have it in order to download the page. Actually it
> says Adobe Reader 9. Is that the same thing or is it a different Reader? I
> also have the Adobe Media Player.
>
> So, I guess my real question is, if I uninstall Acrobat (or Adobe) Reader,
> what program would I use in it's place? As it is right now, I don't even have
> Microsoft Word or any other word program to work with for that matter. When I
> need to use a word program, I have to use either Windows notepad or wordpad,
> but they don't have a spell check or too many other features. Eventually, I'd
> like to get Microsoft Word again once I can afford it. Should I go a head
> and uninstall Acrobat (Adobe) Reader and just use wordpad?
>
> I'm so confused....LOL :o)
>
> Lil Annie
>
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>
> In a message dated 2/24/2009 3:45:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> Acrobat Reader 0-Day Attack in Wild
>
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/02/acrobat_reader_0day_attack_in_1.p
> hp
> OR
> http://tinyurl.com/brnok3
>
> Peace,
> Gman
> http://www.bornagainamerican.org
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
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