This was removed in later versions, an action much criticised by users. 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.

In July 2014, the Internet Storm Center reported that the mobile version for iPhone was transmitting unencrypted telemetry and other data to remote servers located in China despite users attempting to opt out of such data collection. The Foxit installer was bundled with potentially unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware Conduit. Mobile versions are available for telephones and tablets running Android and Apple iOS. Systems currently supported are reported on the Foxit Web site, and include versions of Windows, Mac OS, and older versions of Linux. Microsoft operating systems from Windows 95, Windows Mobile (CE), Windows RT, and Windows Phone were all supported, but have been discontinued. Supported platforms įoxit Software adds support for new platforms, and withdraws ones considered obsolete. Foxit PDF Reader also includes an Enterprise version, which requires a Foxit account. Until version 9.7.2 Foxit Reader had PDF creation features, including a 'Foxit PDF Printer' for Windows, allowing all programs to 'print' output to PDF they were removed in May 2020 from later versions. The Windows version allows annotating and saving unfinished PDF forms, FDF import/export, converting to text, highlighting, and drawing.

Foxit v3.0 was found to be comparable to Adobe Reader.

Early versions of Foxit Reader were notable for startup performance and small file size. Foxit Reader is developed by Fuzhou, China-based Foxit Software. Linux (Ubuntu 16.10, Red Hat 7.x, SUSE 13.2)Įnglish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and 35 other languagesįoxit PDF Reader (formerly Foxit Reader) is a multilingual freemium PDF ( Portable Document Format) tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files.

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