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"UselessUser" wrote in message
news:63D09BB1-4A47-4EBD-BD97-2F164634BAE4@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am just trying to work out something in regards to Adobe Reader. I am
> running XP SP2 with Adobe Reader 8.
>
> It has installed a BHO which I have subsequently disabled, now when I
> click
> on PDF's in Internet Explorer, they open in the browser but I get this
> message:
>
> "One or more PDF extensions have been disabled. This may impact how PDFs
> are
> displayed in Internet Explorer. Please go to Manage Add-ons in Internet
> Explorer and enable add-ons from Adobe. You will need to restart Internet
> Explorer after performing this action."
>
> Now the truth is, I do not want to do this.... (snip)
The implied question here is whether the Adobe Reader BHO is a dire threat
to security and the answer is no.
There is no need to disable the BHO unless you do not want .pdf files to
open properly inside IE.

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Allan