Acrobat Peach virus , a "proof of concept"

[Thomas Bennett]

I realize this list is not about viruses but many people do use Acrobat and
now it appears pdf files may be vunerable.

Zulu [an Argentine hacker well known in the virus underground as a prolific
innovator, creator of "Bubble Boy", "Freelinks", "The_Fly," "Monopoly" and
"Life_Stages" viruses, according to Quinteros(Bernardo Quinteros, head of
the Madrid, Spain-based security firm HispaSec Sistemas)]  created it as a
"proof of concept", for proving that Adobe Acrobat files can be virus
carriers, and it has not been optimized for mass distribution, Quinteros
said.

It requires the presence of both Outlook and the full Acrobat program, not
just the Reader, the free utility that most users have installed.

For details and links see:

http://www.itworld.com/Sec/3832/IDG010808PDFworm/pfindex.html


Thomas