Snidely's comments about mainstream web sites are right on target. Such sites are usually run by knowledgeable webmasters who know how to keep their site secure and are prompt to take action if the site is attacked. Infected ads can happen, though and here is where a little common sense can pay a huge dividend. When you think you might want to click on an ad, make a decision about how important the product/service being offered is to you. If it is important, make an effort to locate the provider's web site yourself rather than depending on the ad to take you there. If you think that's too much work, then think about the potential downsides of an infected computer which could include fraud and/or identity theft. Persons who try to practice safe computing generally don't stumble into trouble. Persons who refuse to practice safe computing don't have to go looking for trouble...it will find them soon enough. This post was edited by azinoh on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 9:36

I don't know why you're getting that message. You don't need to buy Adobe Acrobat to read a PDF document. You can just download the free Adobe Reader. The versions of Adobe Acrobat that you have to pay for are for those who want to create fancy PDF documents. Also, there are many other free PDF readers available. The one I prefer and use is Foxit Reader, which would works at least as well as Adobe Reader and has a program only about 1/10 the size. Here is a link that might be useful: Foxit

Maybe ... if it was servered up with an expired trust certificate from somewhere other than adobe you don't know if its been hacked or not. It becomes a file from another computer and is always suspect ... you might be able to go into its properties and personally approve it. I don't know how securina thinks & also haven't used Adobe Reader in quite a long time. Use PDF-XChange here.

Personalized questions make members uncomfortable in contributing, but I will risk it. Historically AR is extremely difficult to remove from a a system and in my opinion it has gotten worse. I recommend to users that they use REVO to uninstall it. In my experiences REVO does a quick and complete job removing AR. The only requirement is a user has to be selective in removing only AR related registry entries during that phase of the removal process. It is not difficult and when in doubt don't. DA