ALERT: No viruses in Acrobat Reader

[Sarah Rosenbaum <srosenba () adobe com>]

The public beta release of Acrobat Reader 4.0, posted on www.adobe.com in
early March was rumored to contain a virus. This is a false report.

McAfee VirusScan 4.x.x for Windows using the 4.0.4017 Virus DAT file
released March 15, 1999 reported that the pre-release version had the
NetBusPro.dr virus, but this was due to an imprecise virus specification
within the 4.0.4017 Virus DAT file itself.

The 4.0.4019 Virus DAT file released by Network Associates on March 29,
1999 corrects the problem and shows that the file is free of viruses.  Both
the virus lab at Network Associates and Adobe Systems Inc have confirmed
this fix.

BTW, the 4.0.4015 Virus DAT file that was current as of early March had
also shown the file to be free of viruses.

All pre-release and release versions of Acrobat 4.0 Reader are free of
known viruses.  Adobe uses a number of virus scanning utilities, in
addition to McAfee, to thoroughly screen all software before it is released
publicly.  Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Sarah
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