Appligent, Inc. is happy to offer this new utility completely free of charge.

APStripFiles

APStripFiles is a command-line application that removes attached or 
embedded files from PDF documents. It enables you to protect your 
systems from malicious unwanted PDF file attachments.

Recent events, such as the Code Red Worm virus, have required the 
industry to rethink the safety of daily information transfer. One of 
the mechanisms which has come under scrutiny has been the accepted 
standard for document exchange, the PDF, or Portable Document Format 
file. While this format is virtually immune to viruses, Adobe Acrobat 
does allow the attachment of files to PDFs. This feature, if misused, 
allows system vulnerability. Using our high-performance technology, 
we produced a utility which will automatically strip any attachments 
from PDFs without damage to the PDF itself.

APStripFiles offers you the option to remove the files from the 
original PDF document or make a copy of the PDF without the 
attachment, leaving the original PDF untouched. It can be used on the 
desktop, a web server or directly on an e-mail server to avoid the 
transfer of viruses that can be carried by a PDF file attachment. 
APStripFiles supports the removal of attachments from multiple PDF 
files using
file names or wildcards.

APStripFiles for AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux can be 
downloaded free from 
http://www.appligent.com/newpages/freeSoftware_Unix.html
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