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   TOM WALKER to ED VANCE   
   Re: PDF Readers   
   18 Oct 14 08:37:00   
   
   EV> TW> @MSGID: <544193BB.13499.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
   EV> EV>10-15-14 07:09 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about PDF Readers   
      
   EV> EV> TW> @MSGID: <543EF0BB.13476.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
   EV> EV> EV>I have been using the FOXIT PDF Reader for some time now and liked i   
   EV> EV> EV>until this last Update.   
   EV> EV>-snip-   
   EV> EV> TW> That is interesting. I am using the latest version, 7.0.3.916   
   EV> EV> TW> and my copy does not do that.   
      
   EV> EV>I have the same version of Foxit PDF Reader.   
   EV> EV>It still wants to send something to amazonaws.com that I don't want to   
   EV> EV>allow.   
      
   EV> TW> There is an amazonaws.com Virus. It is mostly associalted with   
   EV> TW> search engines though.   
   EV> TW> Something to look into   
      
   EV>Thanks for the INFO Tom, I will start Foxit PDF Reader and put an X i   
   EV>the Box telling Fort Knox firewall to Remember my selection and then   
   EV>click the Deny Button.   
      
   EV>Appreciate the help, because I didn't want to permanently Deny that   
   EV>request asking to Securely connect to amazonaws.com when later I may   
   EV>have wanted to look around some of Amazon's pages.   
      
   EV>While writing this reply I decided to download a new copy of the   
   EV>7.0.3.916 Foxit PDF Reader and install it again.   
      
   EV>The funny thing is I never install anything until I scanned it with   
   EV>Avast, SuperAntispyware and MalwareBytes and all of them say there's   
   EV>nothing bad found in the file.   
      
   Here is a reference to what I was talking aobut.   
   While it supposedly only infects Search engines I am conserened becasue   
   my Firefox is acting different then yours.   
      
   http://www.spynomore.com/amazonaws-com.htm   
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