It's no secret there is a zero-day flaw affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. A solution, however, has been more elusive.

According to Secunia, the vulnerability affects versions 9 and earlier and is due specifically to an array indexing error in the processing of JBIG2 streams. The situation can be exploited to corrupt arbitrary memory via a specially crafted PDF file.

With attacks ongoing, Adobe Systems has issued an updated advisory and security companies have offered up some advice of their own for dodging exploits circulating the Web. Here is some of the latest information about how to protect your computer.

- Disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader: Security pros recommend that users consider disabling JavaScript. However, this will only work against some exploits and does not resolve the underlying issue.

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