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Old March 18th 19, 02:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
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Default Virus on page?

In article , Mayayana
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| Technically yes, but the PDF is displayed in my browser and has links to
click just like a webpage.
|
Not to nag, but you might also consider not allowing PDFs
to load in your browser. They're a common attack method.
They're not webpages. They only load at all because Adobe
has been trying, for many years, to find a way to hijack
the Internet. (Flash, PDF, AIR.)


adobe isn't trying to hijack anything, certainly not with pdf, which
isn't even owned by them.

Usually if a PDF is linked it's because you want a copy.


not necessarily.

So it makes sense to set your browser so that you
download PDFs. Then you don't have to keep going
back to the website every time you want to look at it.


it makes a lot more sense to read it in the browser and save a copy if
desired, rather than have to switch to a separate reader just to see
the pdf and then trash it if it's not worth keeping.
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