What's up with Adobe?????

[BrendaBrick]

I swear, for the life of me - I just can't figure out what is UP with this company and haven't really been able to figure it out! Seems to me like I am going along and reading .pdf files and all is well, never a problem - then - all of a sudden - from out of the blue it seems - all previous files I had experienced using adobe suddenly just grinds to a halt.

Case in point: On a thread I referenced the Chris Hedges C-SPAN "In-Depth" interview aired 1-1-2012 without a snag. THEN - all of a sudden - like today - I go to link that thread and I can't unless I *upgrade* something or other (which based on past experience like - takes up a BUNCH OF MEMORY ON MY COMPUTER!!!!)

What the heck is UP WITH THIS????? Any ideas - anyone?

Somethin' somethin' is fishy here according to my nostrils! I Just don't get it!

What's their gig? Never really quite understood what they were all about to begin with!

Ideas/advice? (Thanks in advance)

Oi!

[Mnpaul]

1. Adobe Virus?

Have you scanned your computer lately?

It sounds similar to this one from 2008 -Koobface
http://news.cnet.com/1770-5_3-0.html?query=adobe+flash+virus&searchtype=news

[BrendaBrick]

2. No, I have not scanned it lately

Will do. Thanks for the reminder (and also for the quick reply Mnpaul!)

[CK_John]

3. Use FOXIT for pdf, small footprint and free. nt

[BrendaBrick]

4. Thanks for the tip! n/t

[DeschutesRiver]

15. Thanks!!

Foxit is working so much better than stupid Adobe, which I'd been having major issues with for some time.

Thanks for this tip!

[SecularMotion]

7. I second that

Foxit is light, quick, and much less intrusive than Adobe Acrobat.

[friendly_iconoclast]

9. +1 I like Foxit very much indeed n/t

[ohheckyeah]

5. I had a problem with

Adobe and it turned out I hadn't updated to the latest reader and the Firefox Adobe plugin wouldn't work with the older version. I updated to, I think it was Adobe Reader 10, and all was okay.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

6. Lose Adobe bloat---PDF-XChange Viewer

http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

No 3rd party Toolbars or other spy/crapware (homepage, search, E-Bay, etc...)

[JBoy]

8. +1

I've been using XChange Viewer for about a year - it's great. The free version lets me do basic markups and annotations. Everything I need.

[BrendaBrick]

10. Hey everyone

Thanks for all the responses. Though I still DO NOT UNDERSTAND JUST WHY I CAN NOT access a simple C-SPAN Video???

Just now, I tried to access (and post) an interview on C-SPAN with Ted Turner: Renewable & Alternative Energy which aired 4-19-2011 to no avail.

About an hour, 2 minutes....still no dice?

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299117-1#

I tried to download the latest adobe in order to get it to open it...MORE than once - no luck!

This is really pi**ing me off!!!!

[Mnpaul]

11. Did you uninstall Adobe before reinstalling?

Go to add/remove programs in control panel, uninstall everything and start over fresh. I saw that solution to Adobe problems in the Craiglist forums. I, for one, can't understand why this buggy software is still around. I don't have any problem with any other kind of text file. If I try to view a pdf online, it will download 3/4 of the way and then stop. I have to download the pdf to my computer if I want to open it.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

12. Upon further review...PDF-XChange offers "Ask Toolbar"...

Be careful to uncheck when installing.

[Mnpaul]

13. Wow, I never saw one like that

They come out right in the open and tell you that they are going to track every search.

[glenmarth]

16. ask toolbar

It can be removed using adwcleaner - see remove ask toolbar

[bathroommonkey76]

14. The other day I

put FF in safe mode and disabled all of the plugins and add-ons. So, I decided to scan my computer with Norton 360. Once the scan was complete I found 5 viruses that were associated with the Adobe extension.

I think I will take everyone's opinion about Foxit to heart and keep Adobe at a distance.