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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 955952" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p><strong>Post updated.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Please, do not post about </strong><s>Adobe Acrobat Reader and</s><strong> PDF viewers in web browsers:</strong></p><p>[URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/safe-pdf-viewers.109756/post-955966[/URL]</p><p><strong>Let's also limit our posts to Windows OS.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Many users view PDF documents, but we know that such documents can be dangerous. Most of the popular PDF readers were vulnerable to exploits in the past and some of them were not patched for a year or more because of using free opensource DLLs. This was true even for less known PDF viewers like Sumatra PDF.</p><p></p><p>So it is reasonable to find a good & super safe PDF reader (especially for casual users). I have one candidate to discuss. It is an application from Microsoft Store: <strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133)">PDF Reader - View, Edit, Annotate by Xodo</span></strong>.</p><p></p><p>Pros.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It is from Microsoft Store and runs in AppContainer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It can work under several Exploit Protection mitigations. All Windows mitigations can be applied except ACG, Block untrusted fonts, Disable Win32k system calls, EAF, IAF, and StackPivot.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The application can be protected by strong mitigations like disabling child processes and running only the code signed by Microsoft or Microsoft Store.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Javascript can be enabled/disabled.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It is extremely fast.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It can open safely MS Office documents (*.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx are converted to PDF) . No active content after conversion to PDF. The conversion does not use the Internet.</li> </ol><p>Cons.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It is not as trusted and popular as for example Adobe, Foxit, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Not many languages are supported (German, English, French, Italian, Portugal, Spanish, and 3 Asian languages).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It is not possible to block hyperlinks, so after clicking one of them the malicious/compromised website can be opened in the web browser. This can be solved as follows:<br /> [URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/safe-pdf-viewers.109756/post-956334[/URL]</li> </ol><p></p><p>The Blog.</p><p>[URL unfurl="false"]https://blog.xodo.com/[/URL]</p><p>About Xodo</p><p>[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.xodo.com/about_us.html[/URL]</p><p>Features.</p><p>[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.xodo.com/#features[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 955952, member: 32260"] [B]Post updated. Please, do not post about [/B][S]Adobe Acrobat Reader and[/S][B] PDF viewers in web browsers:[/B] [URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/safe-pdf-viewers.109756/post-955966[/URL] [B]Let's also limit our posts to Windows OS.[/B] Many users view PDF documents, but we know that such documents can be dangerous. Most of the popular PDF readers were vulnerable to exploits in the past and some of them were not patched for a year or more because of using free opensource DLLs. This was true even for less known PDF viewers like Sumatra PDF. So it is reasonable to find a good & super safe PDF reader (especially for casual users). I have one candidate to discuss. It is an application from Microsoft Store: [B][COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)]PDF Reader - View, Edit, Annotate by Xodo[/COLOR][/B]. Pros. [LIST=1] [*]It is from Microsoft Store and runs in AppContainer. [*]It can work under several Exploit Protection mitigations. All Windows mitigations can be applied except ACG, Block untrusted fonts, Disable Win32k system calls, EAF, IAF, and StackPivot. [*]The application can be protected by strong mitigations like disabling child processes and running only the code signed by Microsoft or Microsoft Store. [*]Javascript can be enabled/disabled. [*]It is extremely fast. [*]It can open safely MS Office documents (*.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx are converted to PDF) . No active content after conversion to PDF. The conversion does not use the Internet. [/LIST] Cons. [LIST=1] [*]It is not as trusted and popular as for example Adobe, Foxit, etc. [*]Not many languages are supported (German, English, French, Italian, Portugal, Spanish, and 3 Asian languages). [*]It is not possible to block hyperlinks, so after clicking one of them the malicious/compromised website can be opened in the web browser. This can be solved as follows: [URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/safe-pdf-viewers.109756/post-956334[/URL] [/LIST] The Blog. [URL unfurl="false"]https://blog.xodo.com/[/URL] About Xodo [URL unfurl="false"]https://www.xodo.com/about_us.html[/URL] Features. [URL unfurl="false"]https://www.xodo.com/#features[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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