Foxit Reader

Foxit Reader

infobox software
name = Foxit Reader



caption = Foxit Reader on Windows
developer = Foxit Software
latest release version = 2.3.3309
latest release date = release date|2008|09|17
operating system = Windows Me and above
language = English
genre = PDF viewer
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ Official website]

Foxit Reader is a multilingual PDF reader. The basic reader can be downloaded for free, while advanced plugins are available for a cost.

Foxit Reader is notable for its short load timeFact|date=September 2008 and small filesizeFact|date=September 2008, which are sometimes very favorable when compared to Adobe ReaderFact|date=September 2008. It is not able to read PDX files (searchable catalogs), which limits its utility for use with document collections.

Versions

Foxit Reader v2.x is available for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows ME through Vista, [ [http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm] ] Windows Mobile 2003 and 5.0, and Windows CE 4.2 and 5.0. Foxit Reader allows Windows 98/ME to open Acrobat version 7 and 8 files, which the current version of Adobe's Acrobat reader for those operating systems will not. [cite web | url = http://www.pcmech.com/show/opensource/927/ | title = FoxIt | publisher = PC Mechanic | work = FreewareFrenzy | date = 19 April 2006 ] It also supports the U3 smart drive when used with Windows 2000 or Windows XP. A test version for Linux exists, but it does "not" run on some Linux distributions released after 2006 like Ubuntu Edgy and Fedora 9. [ [http://www.foxitsoftware.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=5796 Segmentation Fault on Ubuntu Edgy - Foxit Software Forums ] ]
Foxit Reader v1.3 is the latest version which runs on Windows 95 and NT 4.0, v2.0 the latest for Windows 98. It can be downloaded from [ [http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=foxit Foxit PDF Reader - OldVersion.com ] ] . According to the developers a further version will support Windows 98 again.

Advertising

Foxit Reader displays one of several advertising icons on the upper right side of its main toolbar. Prior to version 2.3, each different advertisement icon could be hidden from the View menu, with a different advertisement displayed each time the reader was opened until each one had been hidden. Currently, however, hiding an advertisement icon only hides it for the current session the reader is open.

Security Issues

On August 4th, 2007 a computer virus was discovered in a Foxit Reader addon called Foxit Editor. The virus affected Foxit Editor 2.0 Beta Build 2003. [ [http://www.foxitsoftware.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=6366 Urgent: Foxit Editor 2.0 Beta Build 2003 is infected by virus.] ]

On May 20 2008, Secunia issued a critical buffer overflow alert. This was remedied in version 2.3.2923. [ [http://secunia.com/advisories/29941 Foxit Reader "util.printf()" Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia ] ]

See also

* List of PDF software

References

External links

* [http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ Product home page]


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