Adobe PDF Reader Phish Warning
Contributed by: Email on 03/26/2012 07:30 AM [ Comments ]
Phish and Spam are never a tasty match.
A bunch of these e-mails are showing up lately and not being caught with spam filters (yet). Enough so that we figured we'd post it up and issue a "Danger, Will Robinson!" type of warning. The e-mail essentially claims to be from Adobe and solicits you to upgrade your Adobe PDF reader.
As most of you know, Adobe's products have a built in updater that will prompt you not from e-mail, but from your systray on your computer. There not a a reason for them to e-mail you directly for an update.
Another red flag, the spam mail uses a physical address for itself - but that comes back to a Canadian Online Insurance company, Adobe is in San Jose, California - Not Canada. Who wants to bet there was a recent "claim denied" letter in the mix somewhere in this drama?
Anyway, if you see the below email - delete it don't click it. Unless you want to spend the rest reading our
Malware Removal Guide.
Enjoy.
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From: Adobe Systems Incorporated [mailto:newsletter@( Insert some link That looks like adobe).com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:18 PM
To: jim@majorgeeks.com
Subject: Action Required : Adobe PDF Reader 2012 Upgrade Notification
Dear valued customer,
Adobe is pleased to announce new version upgrades for Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://www.(Insert some link That looks like adobe).com
New Version Features :
- Open virtually any PDF document
- Edit PDF files like they are Word docs
- Convert PDFs to and from Office files
- Create completely original, unique PDFs
- Print PDF files with a single mouse click
- Save time by creating PDFs quicker
- Design professionally crafted documents
To upgrade and enhance your work productivity today, go to:
http://www.(Insert some link That looks like adobe).com
Our whole team has been working hard to satisfy your product needs.
Start downloading the update right now and let us know what you think about it.
We're working on making Adobe Acrobat Reader better all the time !
Copyright 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
343 Preston Street
Ottawa, ON K1S 1N4
Canada
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As most of you know, Adobe's products have a built in updater that will prompt you not from e-mail, but from your systray on your computer. There not a a reason for them to e-mail you directly for an update.
Another red flag, the spam mail uses a physical address for itself - but that comes back to a Canadian Online Insurance company, Adobe is in San Jose, California - Not Canada. Who wants to bet there was a recent "claim denied" letter in the mix somewhere in this drama?
Anyway, if you see the below email - delete it don't click it. Unless you want to spend the rest reading our
Malware Removal Guide.
Enjoy.
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From: Adobe Systems Incorporated [mailto:newsletter@( Insert some link That looks like adobe).com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:18 PM
To: jim@majorgeeks.com
Subject: Action Required : Adobe PDF Reader 2012 Upgrade Notification
Dear valued customer,
Adobe is pleased to announce new version upgrades for Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://www.(Insert some link That looks like adobe).com
New Version Features :
- Open virtually any PDF document
- Edit PDF files like they are Word docs
- Convert PDFs to and from Office files
- Create completely original, unique PDFs
- Print PDF files with a single mouse click
- Save time by creating PDFs quicker
- Design professionally crafted documents
To upgrade and enhance your work productivity today, go to:
http://www.(Insert some link That looks like adobe).com
Our whole team has been working hard to satisfy your product needs.
Start downloading the update right now and let us know what you think about it.
We're working on making Adobe Acrobat Reader better all the time !
Copyright 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
343 Preston Street
Ottawa, ON K1S 1N4
Canada
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