#ADOBE ACROBAT 9 SILENT INSTALL OSX UPDATE#
The new update service will not modify users’ settings, said Arkin. The current updater offers two modes-a full manual mode where the user must explicitly ask for patches and a semi-automatic mode that notifies the user before beginning the download. The older updater alerted users when patches or a new program version was available.īut out of the gate, users will see little change, Arkin noted. The biggest difference between Adobe’s old and new update technology is that the latter offers a mode Arkin dubbed “silent,” which updates the software in the background, without notifying the user or asking for additional permission.
However, it initially enabled the updater only for a group of invitation-only beta testers next week will be the first time that it is turned on for the general public. Most users already have the new updater on their machines: Adobe started pushing the new tool to Reader and Acrobat customers last October.
#ADOBE ACROBAT 9 SILENT INSTALL OSX PDF#
Last year, the company patched four “zero-day” PDF vulnerabilities-bugs that were actively being exploited when the fix was released-and it’s patched one PDF zero-day so far in 2010. Adobe has struggled to keep up with a swarm of vulnerabilities in PDF documents, which according to one analysis, were responsible for 80 percent of all exploits at the end of 2009. The move is meant to keep more users’ software fully-patched, and thus more secure. “Starting Tuesday, we will turn on the server, and the new updater will take effect,” said Arkin. Adobe will flip the switch next week on a service that silently updates customers’ copies of its popular Reader and Acrobat PDF programs, the company’s chief security executive said Thursday.īackground updating in Adobe Reader Updater and the Adobe Acrobat Reader will be enabled on Tuesday, April 13, when Adobe delivers its next regularly-scheduled set of patches for the two programs, said Brad Arkin, the company’s director for product security and privacy.
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