Foxit PDF Reader (formerly Foxit Reader) is a multilingual
freemium PDF (
Portable Document Format
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) tool that can create, view, edit,
digitally sign, and print PDF files. Foxit Reader is developed by
Fuzhou
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, China-based
Foxit Software. Early versions of Foxit Reader were notable for startup performance and small file size.
[ Foxit v3.0 was found to be comparable to Adobe Reader.]
Supported platforms
Foxit Software adds support for new platforms, and withdraws ones considered obsolete. Microsoft
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operating systems from Windows 95, Windows Mobile
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(CE), Windows RT, and Windows Phone were all supported, but have been discontinued. Systems currently supported are reported on the Foxit Website, and include versions of Windows
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, Mac OS, and older versions of Linux
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.[ Mobile versions are available for telephones and tablets running Android and Apple iOS. Foxit's PDF Reader is also available online via the Foxit cloud service, but only when bundled with Foxit PDF Editor.
]
Issues
The Foxit installer was bundled with potentially unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware Conduit.
In July 2014, the Internet Storm Center reported that the mobile version for iPhone
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was transmitting unencrypted telemetry and other data to remote servers located in China
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despite users attempting to opt out of such data collection.
Versions of Foxit Reader up to 9.7.2 added a "Foxit PDF printer" to Windows; this allowed any program to send its printable output to a PDF file. This was removed in later versions,
See also
* List of PDF software
References
External links
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Freeware
PDF readers
Portable software
Technical communication tools
Windows text-related software
Software that uses Qt