Further to my earlier post about the “Active Your New Adobe PDF Reader” entry, the spam mail is also doing the rounds using the above Subject line.
The Body of the message is as follows:
ADOBE PDF READER SOFTWARE UPGRADE NOTIFICATION
This is to remind that a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader with enhanced features for viewing, creating, editing, printing and internet-sharing PDF documents has been released.
To upgrade your application:
+ Go to http://www.2010-adobe-download.com
+ Get your options, download and upgrade.
DOWNLOAD ADOBE ACROBAT READER
Thanks and best regards,
John Brian
Adobe Acrobat Reader Support
Copy rights Adobe 2010 © All rights reserved
102 Marrinbird Rd | Merryton | CA | 96521 | USA
Want to unsubscribe or change your details?
If you click on the link, it takes you to a fairly convincing site with testimonials about how great the software actually is, further convincing the unsuspecting email recipient to download the free software.
The site looks like this:
Adobe’s response to this hoax can be read here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/09/alert-adobe-reader-upgrade-email-spamphishing-scam.html
Filed under: Hoaxes, Security | Tagged: Adobe, Hoax, PDF, Reader | Leave a comment »