Beware of PDF Download email

This just arrived in my in-box. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. The Link goes to www.adobe-pdf-download.org and the name of the company in item 1. is misspelled. Subject: Download Adobe PDF Reader For Windows Dear valued customers, Adobe PDF is pleased to announce new version for PDF Reader which enable you to view, create, edit  [...]
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Open Source conference in Wellington ? January 2010

Even if you are not a FOSS aficionado, this event might well make a good introduction to the genre and its a rare enough opportunity to make the connections as an Aussie event comes to NZ. linux.conf.au linux.conf.au is a conference about Open Source Software, including Linux that brings together the world's community of Linux enthusiasts [...]
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PDF Reader very unsafe ? disable or replace urgently

Most of us open and read PDF attachments or downloads (our banks and government departments produce many documents for download this way) despite the fact that the security of the Adobe Acrobat reader has long been suspect. But now the company has confirmed that it is positively unsafe. Ryan Narain at ZDNet has the full [...]
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