Security Alert: Adobe Reader vulnerability during crashes
After reporting an issue with Adobe Reader 9.0 not working on a fresh install of Windows Vista, I've been waiting for a fix from Adobe. I checked back today and it appears that it was good news that I wasn't able to use the Reader as there is a bug in it that affects all versions prior to 9.1, which was released yesterday. Here is the official post from Adobe:
Security Updates available for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9
If you have experienced any browser or Adobe Reader crashes while viewing a PDF on the web, especially on any sites that you don't absolutely trust, you may want to perform a complete virus scan of your system(s). This issue goes back to at least version 7, which means that it has been around for years and may have been exploited for just as long.
P.S. Version 9.1 does install correctly and does not crash when opened on fresh installs of Windows Vista.