<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
converting	O
documents	O
into	O
Portable	B-Application
Document	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
PDF	B-Application
)	O
format	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
printer	I-Application
that	O
prints	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
and	O
thereby	O
allows	O
practically	O
any	O
application	O
to	O
create	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
by	O
choosing	O
to	O
print	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
then	O
printing	O
to	O
the	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Free	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
business	O
editions	O
with	O
additional	O
features	O
:	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Professional	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Server	O
and	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Terminal	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
has	O
included	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
adware	O
,	O
toolbars	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
installed	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
C#	B-Application
and	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
at	O
no	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
with	O
64-bit	O
and	O
32-bit	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
versions	O
including	O
Windows	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actual	O
PDF	B-Application
generation	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
Ghostscript	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
setup	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
being	O
installed	O
as	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
printer	I-Application
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
can	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
.ps	O
files	O
to	O
manually	O
convert	O
PostScript	B-Language
to	O
PDF	B-Application
format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
can	O
convert	O
to	O
the	O
following	O
file	O
formats	O
:	O
PDF	B-Application
(	O
including	O
PDF/A	B-General_Concept
(	O
PDF/A	B-General_Concept
-1b	O
,	O
PDF/A	B-General_Concept
-2b	O
and	O
PDF/A	B-General_Concept
-3b	O
)	O
and	O
PDF/X	O
(	O
X-3:2002	O
,	O
X-3:2003	O
and	O
X-4	O
)	O
)	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
TXT	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allows	O
to	O
digitally	O
sign	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
allows	O
any	O
COM	O
enabled	O
application	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
business	O
editions	O
of	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
allow	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
their	O
own	O
C#	B-Application
scripts	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
entire	O
job	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
disable	O
printing	O
,	O
copying	O
of	O
text	O
or	O
images	O
and	O
modifying	O
the	O
original	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
also	O
choose	O
between	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
passwords	O
,	O
user	O
and	O
owner	O
,	O
to	O
restrict	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
in	O
several	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
open	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
file	I-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
necessary	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
change	O
permissions	O
and	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Encryption	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
Low	O
(	O
128	O
Bit	O
)	O
,	O
Medium	O
(	O
128	O
Bit	O
AES	O
)	O
or	O
High	O
(	O
256	O
Bit	O
AES	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
only	O
being	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Business	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
possibility	O
for	O
automating	O
certain	O
tasks	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
user	O
tokens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
users	O
can	O
verify	O
their	O
authorship	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
with	O
digital	O
signatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
all	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
editions	O
,	O
including	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
0.9.6	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
version	O
0.9.7	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
3.0.0	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
ended	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
is	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
freeware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Free	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
commercial	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
ProfessionalThis	O
version	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
silently	O
in	O
Windows	O
domains	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
in	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
Terminal	O
Server	O
It	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
on	O
Windows	O
Servers	O
with	O
installed	O
Remote	O
Desktop	O
Service	O
and	O
on	O
Citrix	O
Servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDFCreator	B-Application
Server	O
This	O
works	O
as	O
Windows	O
service	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
lets	O
the	O
user	O
share	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
printers	O
in	O
their	O
network	O
,	O
auto-convert	O
without	O
user	O
interaction	O
and	O
it	O
offers	O
high	O
performance	O
through	O
multi-threading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2009	O
and	O
2013	O
the	O
installation	O
package	O
included	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
browser	O
toolbar	O
that	O
was	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
users	O
to	O
be	O
malicious	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
spyware	O
activity	O
described	O
below	O
,	O
the	O
toolbar	O
allowed	O
one-click	O
creation	O
of	O
PDFs	B-Application
from	O
the	O
current	O
webpage	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
search	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
0.9.7	O
(	O
February	O
2009	O
)	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
included	O
an	O
adware	O
toolbar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end-user-license	O
agreement	O
for	O
PDFForge	O
Toolbar	O
by	O
Spigot	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
versions	O
prior	O
to	O
0.9.7	O
have	O
a	O
different	O
,	O
optional	O
toolbar	O
called	O
"	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
Toolbar	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
will	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Pdfforge	O
,	O
which	O
created	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
,	O
wrote	O
an	O
FAQ	O
entry	O
regarding	O
the	O
toolbar	O
that	O
stated	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
that	O
time	O
various	O
versions	O
of	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
have	O
included	O
adware	O
toolbars	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
with	O
the	O
installer	O
,	O
which	O
many	O
virus	O
scanners	O
identify	O
as	O
problematic	O
or	O
undesired	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
23	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
included	O
the	O
MyStart	O
toolbar	O
by	O
Incredibar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
once	O
again	O
included	O
another	O
controversial	O
bundled	O
software	O
package	O
,	O
which	O
tests	O
as	O
spyware	O
,	O
called	O
SweetIM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
the	O
project	O
disabled	O
reviews	O
and	O
ratings	O
on	O
its	O
sourceforge	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
version	O
1.5.0	O
was	O
released	O
which	O
included	O
an	O
installer	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
AVG	O
Security	O
Toolbar.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
disable	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
AVG	B-Application
Security	I-Application
Toolbar	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
clearly	O
identified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
installation	O
of	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
required	O
acceptance	O
of	O
the	O
AVG	B-Application
EULA	O
even	O
when	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
AVG	B-Application
Security	I-Application
Toolbar	I-Application
"	O
was	O
disabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
version	I-Application
1.5.1	I-Application
was	O
released	O
which	O
includes	O
an	O
installer	O
for	O
iClaro	O
Search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
version	O
1.6.2	O
was	O
released	O
which	O
includes	O
an	O
installer	O
for	O
Install	O
Entrusted	O
Toolbar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
was	O
stealthily	O
installing	O
more	O
software	O
,	O
including	O
Amazon	O
's	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
toolbar	O
,	O
without	O
notifying	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
now	O
defunct	O
OpenCD	O
project	O
chose	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
free	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
creating	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
in	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
InfoWorld	O
magazine	O
recognized	O
PDFCreator	B-Application
with	O
an	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Software	I-Application
Award	O
from	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
available	O
open	O
source	O
or	O
free	O
PDF	B-Application
creation	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
