This could lead to some very serious security breaches such as external parties gaining control of your device to steal personal data, spread viruses or even lock down your device and all its data with ransomware. If a hacker or some malicious software were to find any vulnerabilities within an unsupported software application, that vulnerability would not be patched. While some users may be happy to carry on without the latest features, security updates are absolutely critical. This means that after five years, Adobe no longer provides security updates and technical support for that perpetual software version.

Once this period is over, the software reaches the end of support.Īdobe’s perpetual software comes with five years of support and most software vendors have similar policies.

For perpetual software, these security updates are only provided for a pre-defined time period.

Software applications receive regular security updates to ensure that any bugs or security vulnerabilities found are promptly fixed. With Adobe Acrobat 2017 fast approaching the end of support, let’s take a quick look at what this means as well as what options are available to ensure that you maintain access to Acrobat in a secure and compliant manner.

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