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If you are dealing with standard password PDF security (which we do not recommend) Advanced PDF Password Recovery enables you to recover PDF passwords and instantly remove PDF restrictions, according to specialist software research outfits. They claim you get access to password-protected PDF files quickly and efficiently. Also allows you to instantly unlock restricted PDF documents, by removing printing, editing and copying restrictions.

Advanced PDF Password Recovery recovers (or instantly removes) passwords protecting or locking PDF documents which have been created with all versions of Adobe Acrobat or many other PDF applications.

Book Guard Pro does not recommend the use of password security for a variety of reasons. Let’s take a look at the  features and benefits of PDF password recovery software, as stated by the manufacturers, to see the dangers PDF publishers are exposing their PDF ebooks and other PDF documents to, by using passwords alone;

* Supports all versions of Adobe Acrobat, including Acrobat 9
* Supports GPU acceleration
* Supports all third-party products producing PDF files
* Instantly unlocks PDF documents with printing, copying and editing restrictions
* Removes “owner” and “user” passwords
* Recovers passwords to open
* Supports 40-bit and 128-bit RC4 encryption as well as 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption
* Patent-pending Thunder Tables technology recovers 40-bit passwords in a matter of minutes
* Dictionary and brute-force attacks with user-defined masks and advanced templates
* Three editions to satisfy the most demanding and savvy customers
* Optionally removes JScript code, form fields and digital signatures
* Batch mode allows automatic processing of multiple files
* Highly optimized low-level code optimized for modern multi-core CPUs

Adobe has said it expects updates for Adobe Reader 7 and 8, and Acrobat 7 and 8, to be available.

If you’ve chosen to read PDF documents using the popular alternative to Adobe — Foxit Reader — you also need to update. Foxit has released an update that fixes at least three serious vulnerabilities in its Reader products. That update, which brings Foxit Reader to version 3.0, is available from here.

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with very small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Previously, you’ve had to download a huge PDF reader from another software company, such as Adobe, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document.

Many people find Adobe Reader is a real pain to use. It’s monstrously large. Very slow to load. And includes many features most users will hardly ever need. On the other hand, Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 kills the additional, often unneeded features and throws in some useful additions, such as multimedia support plus content-sharing options. Yet still allowing you to quickly access your PDFs.

The interface is similar to Adobe’s, so you won’t have to change your PDF reading habits.

In a recent test, the text readability was similar. The small program starts surprisingly fast compared with Adobe Reader. You might need to make a few adjustments to get it to work with your Internet browser. But you can find help on Foxit’s support forums.

It’s a good feature that it opens PDFs from the Internet in their own Foxit window – instead of taking resources from within the open browser you are using.

Foxit’s biggest flaw used to be hogging memory. However this has now been corrected. Recent updates include fixing the hyperlink problems, multimedia support, printing highlighted-only sections, and tabbed PDF browsing.

Now, you can read multiple PDFs simultaneously and with ease. Overall, unless you’re tied to Adobe we strongly recommend Foxit, this freeware PDF competitor to Adobe’s older and more bloated PDF reader.

It’s pretty clear that PDF files are the new “must use” when it comes to document handling. Who doesn’t use a PDF nowadays? They are smaller than other similar files, can be viewed on Windows, Linux and MAC, and anyone can protect their PDF files with encryption and password. Because of the wide variety of free conversion tools available today, everybody can convert whatever files they want to PDF.

Students use a large variety of operating systems on their computers. Teachers can make sure that their courses will be viewed properly by converting them to PDF files. Universal deployment is maybe the most important asset of PDF format.

Companies and business users can keep their internal documents as PDF files, benefiting from their smaller size and making sure those files are read only by employees who know the password. PDF security is another important feature that made the PDF format so popular.

Finally, home users are using PDF files because Adobe did a very smart thing: Adobe Acrobat Reader is used only for viewing PDF files and is free. This way they made sure PDF format is available for everybody.

After PDF files became widely used, some new needs appeared. Users wanted to extract only a couple of pages from a PDF files. This could be done only by using dedicated software: a PDF splitter tool. Also, somebody at one point wanted to combine two or more PDF documents into a single file. They needed a PDF merger tool. Adobe made those tools, but they were not free. And because of their branding and marketing costs, those tools were pretty expensive.

Luckily, free tools emerged during time, but they were not developed by Adobe. Third party publishers made them available to public use, trying to gain a market share.

PDF Sam is the most popular tool that can be used to merge and combine PDF files. Originally started on the Source Forge platform, it is developed in Java and comes in two editions: a free one, and for those who donate any amount, an enhanced edition. It offers the basic PDF split and PDF merge operation, and in the enhanced version, file encryption.

Adolix Split and Merge PDF is quite a young entry in this market. Adolix developed this tool in Visual Basic, and focused on the graphical user interface. Their aim was to make it as user-friendly as posible. Following PDF Sam steps, Adolix’s tool was first available as a free edition. Users could split and merge PDF files with just a few mouse clicks. At some point they also offered a Professional edition. Users could merge more than 5 files at once and split large documents into PDF files with the PRO version.

Other vendors also released tools to handle the split and merge PDF process. Adult PDF, Very PDF, AcroPDF and NitroPDF are only a few of the companies that entered the market with free or paid versions of those type of tools.

Ted Peterson uses Adolix Split and Merge PDF to combine PDF files.

Anyone who uses a computer has heard of computer viruses, and most know how to scan for viruses using special software. Generally viruses are picked up through corrupted e mail files or by opening links while surfing on the internet. There is a new strain of computer virus popping up now and it’s carried in PDF files.

So, now not only do you have to protect e mails from viruses you need to protect pdf ebooks and other pdf documents as well.

If you are unsure of what a pdf is; pdf stands for Portable Document Format. If you ever have gone to a government web site you have seen a pdf most of the disclaimers on their sites are in pdf formats. If you have ever taken a college course on line you have probably seen an e -book, (which is a book that you view online), this is another type of a pdf file.

Lawyers may send you legal pdf files. In the past pdfs were thought to be safe and virus free. It appears now you may need to try to protect pdf e-book, attachments and so on. Some one has created a virus that’s not in the pdf itself, but contained in the software need to create pdf files.

There are many ways to protect your pdf e-book and your computer against viruses and corrupted files contained in PDFs, PDF downloads and PDF attachments. You can install virus software and watch for warning signs. If you aren’t expecting a large file or an e card, or if you don’t know the sender don’t open an email containing a PDF from an unknown source. That has been the rule of thumb with email but now it goes for documents with pdf files as well.

Know what you are opening and whom you are opening it from. This will help to eliminate some of the possible threats. We all use computers in our lives, whether it is for work, school, shopping, informational tools, job searching, resume writing and so on.

We are all exposed to certain dangers and viruses when we surf the web, open e mails or read eBooks and pdf files. There are people who will work around the firewalls and virus blockers we install to protect against computer infection, so we need to be proactive and protect our computer – just as we would protect our selves from catching germs and colds.

Use preventative measures against viruses in PDF files and make sure your computers have PDF virus protection that is automatically kept up to date to block the viruses and scan for potential dangers contained in PDF files today.

How To Protect Your eBooks From Piracy And Copyright Infringement
By S Jay

eBooks, or electronic books, mean big business for all aspiring writers. Not only can eBooks be sold in their own right as standalone products, but eBooks are fast becoming the weapon of choice for marketing gurus!

Many business owners and webmasters pay writers to write eBooks for them. Writers spend hours, days and weeks researching material and writing the eBook. But for writers, business owners & webmasters alike, there is often little in the way of protection in place that stops unscrupulous operators from stealing eBook content. Shockingly, 4 out of every 10 eBooks offered for sale on the Internet are pirated. Material from legitimate eBooks are taken without the owner’s knowledge, and passed off as original content every single day!

I should know…I was a victim!

I have written and published 5 eBooks on various topics in the past year, the content of which has all been stolen and used as original copy on other people’s web sites. The sad thing is, MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS DO NOT REALIZE THEY ARE DOING ANYTHING WRONG!

US Copyright law, and for that matter, most copyright laws around the world state that as soon as a book, e-book or other material is published, the author has immediate & full backing under copyright infringement law. Unfortunately for many writers & publishers, placing a ” © Copyright – All Rights Reserved ” statement on their material affords little in the way of protection these days, unless there is a good team of attorneys and a bottomless pit of cash to back it up with.

So what are your options?

1) Copyright Registration – If you’re serious about protecting your hard work you’ll need to register your e-book through a professional copyright service.

To register copyright, visit one of these service providers -

IN NORTH AMERICA

Click &Copyright

http://www.clickandcopyright.com/

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Writers’ Copyright Association-UK

http://www.wcauk.com/

Copyright registration though is only worthwhile if you can follow it through with lawyers & attorneys…and the cost can sometimes hurt!

2) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) – If you’re really, really serious about protecting your hard work you’ll need to register for an ISBN number. This will give you a bit more clout when dealing with copyright infringement.

3) EAN Bar Codes – If you’re really, really, really serious about protecting your hard work you’ll need to buy an EAN bar code. This can get expensive but gives your lawyers something to latch onto when taking proceedings against people who have infringed copyright.

4) Digital Content Protection Systems - If you’re really, really, really, really serious about protecting your hard work for a fraction of the cost of other routes then go for a digital content protection system like Virtual Vault. This type of program protects your eBook AT SOURCE, so there’s no need to chase people through court, as they won’t be able to steal it in the first place!

S Jay is a professional writer and owner of Copyright-Protect.net – http://www.copyright-protect.net

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