{"id":931,"date":"2026-02-11T12:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/?p=931"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:22:16","slug":"update-thorium-reader-to-version-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hamk.fi\/library\/update-thorium-reader-to-version-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Thorium Reader to version 3.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using Thorium Reader, we urge you to update it to the latest version 3.3.<\/p>\n<p>ERDLab strongly recommends the users of Thorium Reader to update to version 3.3. and stop using previous releases. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/edrlab\/thorium-reader\/releases\/tag\/v3.3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The new release fixes a critical security bug<\/a>. The risk of malicious code in the e-books offered by HAMK library is minimal, because we only offer e-books from reliable publishers.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/thorium.edrlab.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the new version of Thorium Reader<\/a> online. HAMK staff can download Thorium 3.3. from Company portal. We recommend you uninstall the earlier version before downloading.<\/p>\n<p>Thorium Reader is a reading application that supports documents and books in PDF or EPUB format. The Ellibs e-books available in HAMK library use Thorium Reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using Thorium Reader, we urge you to update it to the latest version 3.3. ERDLab strongly recommends the users of Thorium Reader to update to version 3.3. and stop using previous releases. The new release fixes a critical security bug. 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