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Jun 21, 2017 at 10:26 answer added Dmitry Grigoryev timeline score: 2
Mar 8, 2017 at 13:26 comment added Arlix Open it up...but not in an old version of adobe reader etc that has known vulnerabilities. Safest way is in a VM but that doesn't mean when you find nothing and open it on your normal machine it is safe.
Mar 8, 2017 at 11:00 answer added Valer timeline score: 1
Feb 18, 2017 at 19:53 answer added barbecue timeline score: 8
Feb 15, 2017 at 11:24 answer added Lee timeline score: 1
Feb 14, 2017 at 22:35 history edited Anders
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Mar 18, 2016 at 11:52 answer added filo timeline score: 0
Feb 5, 2013 at 10:13 comment added FirstName LastName @curiousguy - ok. I don't know this. Why does someone have legal JS code in a PDF OR What does it do that a non-JS PDF cannot?
Oct 3, 2012 at 22:44 answer added d3t0n4t0r timeline score: 1
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Aug 24, 2012 at 16:06 comment added Ramhound If a PDF contains malicious software then it no longer should be viewed. Besides non-malicious content likely doesn't even exist. You could also open the PDF file in a Linux virtual machine, but like I said, the content is likely gone.
Aug 24, 2012 at 11:15 comment added adric There may be a question here as to whether static or dynamic analysis is most effective.
Aug 24, 2012 at 8:36 answer added ysdx timeline score: 12
Aug 24, 2012 at 7:12 history edited Rory Alsop CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 20, 2012 at 6:47 answer added user65388 timeline score: 6
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Aug 20, 2012 at 3:20 history rollback user11101
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Aug 20, 2012 at 3:04 history edited Mike Samuel
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Aug 19, 2012 at 20:22 answer added B-Con timeline score: 25
Aug 19, 2012 at 19:25 comment added Luc The thing I would do is open it in a virtual machine without network access.
Aug 19, 2012 at 19:24 history edited Luc
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Aug 19, 2012 at 17:57 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackSecurity/status/237247049786085376
Aug 19, 2012 at 17:45 answer added tylerl timeline score: 43
S Aug 19, 2012 at 17:40 history suggested Andrei Botalov CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 19, 2012 at 17:26 comment added curiousguy Is it of a JS kind? I think you can turn off JS.
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Aug 19, 2012 at 17:02 history asked user11101 CC BY-SA 3.0