From: Sh@dow.br
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:48:19 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
>Joe Zeff wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:55:01 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> How would Adobe know to where to send e-mails about updates? Go to
>>> adobe.com, click on the Flash link (lower right), and go through the
>>> download procedure. Do YOU see them at anytime ask for an e-mail
>>> address?
>>> Nope, so how could they send you notices of updates to your e-mail
>>> address?
>>
>> The email was sent by whoever provides RegCure Pro, and contained a link
>> to what they claimed was the Adobe download page, but wasn't. If it
>> claimed it was from Adobe, I would have known it was phony without
>> checking. (And, you'll notice, I wasn't asking about the "update," I was
>> and am asking about the company that sent it out.)
>
>RegCure is snakeoil, not malware (than are any other registry cleaners,
>that is). Have her uninstall it if she installed it. Without seeing
>the headers of the e-mail it is not possible to anyone here to be sure
>it really did originate from RegCure or that the download came from
>them.
>
>So if sister did not previously buy RegCure (to have an existing
>business relationship), how would the know about her e-mail address?
>Again, getting that e-mail shows that company is harvesting e-mail
>addresses to spam them. Not a company you want to trust. Adobe doesn't
>have her e-mail address. So how did RegCure get it?
Sniffing wireless, I get thousands of valid email addys an
hour. No big deal.
Her mistake was replying. Or clicking on the link. Or using an
email client that does exactly that for her, without user
intervention.
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