Advice Request Which is the most secure pdf reader?

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Personally I'm using Gaaiho PDF Reader, but using Edge as pdf reader is probably the most secure option on Windows 10.

 

[bribon77]

I use Sumatra.

 

[TairikuOkami]

PDF Reader with the least features is most likely the least exploitable, granted it is being updated.
Like opening PDF via WPS Office, there is literally nothing you can do, not even a right click menu.
But I still prefer PDF-XChange Viewer, because of the additional features it offers.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

SumatraPDF has no javascript or any scripting support so it can avoid exploit in some extends, unlike foxit and adobe

Opening pdf in browser (edge and chrome's engines) is another good idea but the responsiveness is very bad especially for textbooks or hundreds of megabyte files
it can be fine for some people mostly open small, simple pdfs

sumatra is the most responsive pdf reader I have used but no other functions. Search-in-pdf is also the fastest, compared to foxit, adobe or browsers

for mobile, I find WPS office (v10.2, last version with adfree) is the fastest pdf reader

 

[shmu26]

Foxit.

I really like Foxit, I use it for displaying PDFs that I know and trust.
I use Edge or Sumatra for the unknown stuff.

 

[jackuars]

More secure - Anything other than Adobe
Most secure - Subjective

 

[Tiny]

Used to use PDF-XChange Viewer, but switched to Edge since they added a few more useful tools for notes in PDFs. I didn't see the point of installing extra software with features I didn't really use.

 

[ItsReallyMe]

Edge

 

[bribon77]

More secure - Anything other than Adobe

+1

 

[Andy Ful]

The safest PDF viewers are those which can run in the strong sandbox (Application Guard, AppContainer, Sandboxie, Chrome, etc.) and do not allow active content (JavaScript, Flash, etc.). Also, the PDF reader which can open documents outside (or isolated from) the browser is less vulnerable to losing sensitive information about browsing sessions.

Examples:

• (block active content, AppContainer, outside web browser): Adobe Reader Touch, Foxit MobilePDF;
• (block active content, AppContainer, isolated from web browser): Edge with Application Guard;
• (block active content, AppContainer, inside web browser): Edge ;
• (block active content): Kingsoft WPS Office, SumatraPDF, STDU Viewer.

SumatrPDF can also apply the light sandbox (via .ini file): block Internet access, block disc access, block Registry access, block link protocols, block opening the embedded files by external applications.

 

[Freki123]

I like Nitro Reader. You can block all websites and disable java script. It also works in sandboxie.

 

[ForgottenSeer 69673]

This could have been a poll.

 

[RaduGL]

Is Sumatra PDF abandonware? Last update was over 2 years ago.

 

[shmu26]

Is Sumatra PDF abandonware? Last update was over 2 years ago.

There is a new version in the Release Candidate stage.
It doesn't need a lot of updates because it is so simple.

 

[Brie]

(block active content): SumatraPDF,
SumatrPDF can also apply the light sandbox (via .ini file): block Internet access, block disc access, block Registry access, block link protocols, block opening the embedded files by external applications.

how do you do this?

 

[Andy Ful]

how do you do this?

sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf
It is from the official SumatraPDF GitHub webpage. I found it from here:
Sumatra PDF Documentation

 

[Brie]

sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf
It is from the official SumatraPDF GitHub webpage. I found it from here:
Sumatra PDF Documentation

thank you.

 

[509322]

On the forums I've only known a single person who was a voracious PDF downloader and reader.

Fretting over the security of PDF readers is needlessly excessive.

The most efficient, and arguably the most effective, things that one can do is simply to not use Adobe Reader or Acrobat, plus learn how to spot malicious PDF.