FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warnings-are-true-fake-file-converters-do-push-malware/

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nomugisan@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 1y (4 replies)

So Adobe's headassery and proprietary lock on .pdf has introduced a new vector of malware!

I fucking hate Adobe they should be broken up

Stovetop@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 8 pts · 1y

That's insightful.

I'd wondered why other PDF apps came on the market in the mid 2000's.

intelligentandarticulate@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Is there an alternative format to PDF that behaves similarly? I’m not talking about docx or others, because portability is a mess with those.

gwilikers@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Im just curious, what makes you say that PDF is a shitty format? I remember starting to read a book on PDFs before when I was trying to learn to code with them and being surprised how much work it actually entailed.