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Nov 30, 2015 09:52:51 #
I started to look for a DNG conversion program.
I found what I thought was an adobe site
downloaded the software and immediately my virus checker started going crazy.
when all was said and done, I used uninstall to remove 8 programs that it put on my system. Then
Malware bytes found 916 virus" trojans, files that had to be removed.. Then I ran Malware again and it found over 100 items that it didnt remove the first time. so here is the site so you'll beware
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/digital-negative.html
I found what I thought was an adobe site
downloaded the software and immediately my virus checker started going crazy.
when all was said and done, I used uninstall to remove 8 programs that it put on my system. Then
Malware bytes found 916 virus" trojans, files that had to be removed.. Then I ran Malware again and it found over 100 items that it didnt remove the first time. so here is the site so you'll beware
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/digital-negative.html
Nov 30, 2015 10:05:45 #
Nov 30, 2015 10:19:21 #
wtw2143
Loc: West Hempstead, NY
Thanks for the heads up. The first give away that this is not the actual Adobe website, is the "//helpx.adobe.com" in the url. Adobe never puts "help" files before their name.
Nov 30, 2015 10:50:05 #
I have found Google seems to filter out most, not all malware/scamware/scareware and other likes of intrusions. Yahoo search hasn't implemented this control as of yet and seems to group the bad sites towards the tops of search pages.
ALWAYS check URL's in your address bar for suspicious strings. It was a good thing that you had a good scanner available to you. An educated consumer is certainly beneficial.
ALWAYS check URL's in your address bar for suspicious strings. It was a good thing that you had a good scanner available to you. An educated consumer is certainly beneficial.
Nov 30, 2015 11:07:46 #
wtw2143 wrote:
Thanks for the heads up. The first give away that this is not the actual Adobe website, is the "//helpx.adobe.com" in the url. Adobe never puts "help" files before their name.
This is the strange part.. anything beyond .adobe.com (as in xxx.adobe.com )
Still means its part of the adobe.com domain.
I dont think a random software from adobe.com infected him.
he might have miswritten adobe.com
Nov 30, 2015 11:19:32 #
TheDman
Loc: USA
wtw2143 wrote:
Thanks for the heads up. The first give away that this is not the actual Adobe website, is the "//helpx.adobe.com" in the url. Adobe never puts "help" files before their name.
Sure they do, helpx.adobe.com is Adobe's support/education site.
The first part is irrelevant. All you need to look at is what word is in front of the .com. It could be adobesucks.adobe.com and that would still be an Adobe page. Gotta watch where those periods are placed.
helpx.adobe.com = Adobe
helpxadobe.com = NOT Adobe.
Nov 30, 2015 19:19:15 #
TheDman wrote:
Sure they do, helpx.adobe.com is Adobe's support/education site.
The first part is irrelevant. All you need to look at is what word is in front of the .com. It could be adobesucks.adobe.com and that would still be an Adobe page. Gotta watch where those periods are placed.
helpx.adobe.com = Adobe
helpxadobe.com = NOT Adobe.
The first part is irrelevant. All you need to look at is what word is in front of the .com. It could be adobesucks.adobe.com and that would still be an Adobe page. Gotta watch where those periods are placed.
helpx.adobe.com = Adobe
helpxadobe.com = NOT Adobe.
TheDman is correct. I've been to the help files for elements and it is in the sub-domain helpx.adobe.com.
My guess is you copied & pastes the text that you saw, which may have been correct, but the actual link went somewhere else. On the bottom of Firefox, when you mouse-over a link, it displays where it will go if you click on it. In phishing emails, these places are NOT what you see as the text!
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