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Adobe pushes out emergency patch for Reader apps

Adobe Systems has pushed out an emergency update that patches at least 17 holes in its Reader and Acrobat applications, including two serious bugs that are being used by online criminals to install malware on end-users' machines.

Adobe wasn't scheduled to release patches until July 13, but because the critical vulnerabilities were actively being exploited, the company decided to push out the fixes ahead of time.

NOTE: For now you must use Adobe Updater to install the latest update for Reader.

Adobe pushes out emergency patch for Reader apps

Adobe Security Buletin, June 29, 2010, APSB10-15