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Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.AHT
Aliases: JS/Pdfka.LI (Command) JS/Exploit.AEO (Norman) EXP/Pidief.ega (Avira) EXP/Pidief.ehl (Avira) PDF:Exploit.PDF-JS.YG (BitDefender) JS/Exploit.Pdfka.QEY (ESET) Troj/PDFJS-AEI (Sophos) Bloodhound.PDF.38 (Symantec)
Summary
Microsoft security software can detect and remove these threats. You will also need to update Abode software to stay protected.
These threats can download and run files on your computer.
An attacker can also use your computer to cause denial of service attacks if you are using versions of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader earlier than 9.3.1.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products detect and remove this threat:
- Microsoft Security Essentials or, for Windows 8, Windows Defender
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
Update vulnerable PDF applications
This threat exploits known vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. After removing this threat, make sure that you install the updates available from the vendor.
Download updates for Adobe products from the following link:
You can read more about these vulnerabilities in PDF documents from the following links:
