Phishing scam targets PC users of Adobe PDF Reader Options

[Frederiek]

You might want to read the MacWorld article Phishing scam targets PC users of Adobe PDF Reader

Now that you are warned, be careful where you click

[pandy]

Thank heavens I don't use Adobe Reader then.

Seriously, does people still fall for these things? To start with, where would Adobe have gotten my email?

[Christian J]

Seriously, does people still fall for these things?

Alas I've seen (true) email addresses more suspicious-looking than "newsletter@pdf-adobe.org", so it's not that surprising.

To start with, where would Adobe have gotten my email?

From your product registration and newsletter signup?

[Brian Chandler]

Seriously, does people still fall for these things?

Alas I've seen (true) email addresses more suspicious-looking than "newsletter@pdf-adobe.org", so it's not that surprising.

To start with, where would Adobe have gotten my email?

From your product registration and newsletter signup?

According to the article:

...includes a fake version of Adobe's logo and provides links that would lead to malicious code or other trouble if a victim clicked on them.

A "fake version"? You mean they copied the image of the logo from Adobe's website, then somehow changed it to make a "fake version"? Or is this the meaning of "fake" as in "The genuine number 46 is only available on Microsoft's website. Do not accept inferior copies of the number 46..."

Switch off html: no logo, fake or otherwise.

"...links that would lead to "

Switch off html: no links go anywhere other than the stated url.

It really is that simple.

[pandy]

Seriously, does people still fall for these things?

Alas I've seen (true) email addresses more suspicious-looking than "newsletter@pdf-adobe.org", so it's not that surprising.

My point was that Adobe has no business emailing most people. That alone tells you there's something fishy with the email. Then again, I'm unusually smart. I don't fall for the emails from Viagra or the ones from MS telling me I've won their lottery either.

[Christian J]

My point was that Adobe has no business emailing most people. That alone tells you there's something fishy with the email.

I recently got an email about an alleged survey from my ISP. Unfortunately the sender used an ordinary human's name, while the email address belonged to a company whose name and domain had nothing to do with my ISP's. This at first seemed quite suspicious, but after some searching it all actually appeared to be legit. My point being: if legit companies keep doing things like that I suspect they'll dull their own customers' judgement.

Then again, I'm unusually smart. I don't fall for the emails from Viagra or the ones from MS telling me I've won their lottery either.

Impressive!

[Brian Chandler]

... but after some searching it all actually appeared to be legit. My point being: if legit companies keep doing things like that I suspect they'll dull their own customers' judgement

Yes, I think that's true. Don't we all get emails from the bank which say:

Remember, we will never send you an email asking you to enter your details via a link.

Then 11 lines later they say:

Click on this link to access your account.

And *of course* they write the email in html.

[pandy]

I don't get emails from my bank at all if I haven't initiated the contact by emailing their support.