Last week's flaw in Acrobat reader is slated to be fixed next week. This is actually pretty fast, once a company decides to do a fix. Typically, the fix takes around a quarter of the time, and testing takes the rest.
Since this applies to all versions of Acrobat Reader on Windows, Mac, and Linux, testing is a big job.
Until the patch is available, you'll have to protect yourself since exploit code is circulating. You can do this by turning off Javascript in Acrobat Reader (not in your browser). I provided step by step instructions last week, so it's painless. Really.
UPDATE 16 May 10:40: The patch is released now.
Logically, next week is well past "Zero Day", but I guess it's the best puny humans can do under the circumstances.
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