InfoTech: Software scammers get back into business

There are certain signs that economies are changing including the nature of crimes that are committed. Spam Scammers push fraudulent mortgages or dodgy lending deals as property markets rise; they push sexual performance enhancing drugs and tranquillisers as economies struggle and people suffer stress and they push illegal copies of software as businesses struggle - and as hopefuls start new businesses at the bottom of a cycle. Adobe Systems' software is, today, at the top of the scammers' list.