A question from a security mailing list: “Is this some sort of phish”?

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From: Adobe Incorporated
Date: 1 March 2011 01:33
Subject: Adobe Acrobat Reader latest version released ! Upgrade Available Now
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While this isn’t a phish in the sense that they aren’t asking for login details, they are trying to get some money by making it look like you need to pay to download Adobe Acrobat Reader (you don’t). This kind of thing has been around for a while, and is also popular where Skype is concerned too.

Steer clear.

Christopher Boyd

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