Blank PDF tries to connect to amazon

Jane Doe · 06-05-2012, 05:28 PM

I have pdf that was created on a mac. i have windows. it will open but it is blank and says tried to connect to amazon. The first time I blocked it and now it says cannot connect to amazon.com It is 2.3MB. I tried to convert to a word doc but get a blank word doc

PDF properties says
PDF producer MAC OS x 10.5.6 Quartz PDFContext
Fast web view yes PDF version 1.6.

Can someone tell me what this means and how to solve it please/

Thanks

Jane Doe · 06-07-2012, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jane Doe

I have pdf that was created on a mac. i have windows. it will open but it is blank and says tried to connect to amazon. The first time I blocked it and now it says cannot connect to amazon.com It is 2.3MB. I tried to convert to a word doc but get a blank word doc

PDF properties says
PDF producer MAC OS x 10.5.6 Quartz PDFContext
Fast web view yes PDF version 1.6.

Can someone tell me what this means and how to solve it please/

Thanks

Anyone help with this?

Tried opening with calibre to no avail. says protected mode on?

DaleDe · 06-07-2012, 12:30 PM

Seems like this PDF is protected as Calibre says. You need to get a copy from the Author that is not protected or get the original source file in whatever format it was in.

Jane Doe · 06-07-2012, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Seems like this PDF is protected as Calibre says. You need to get a copy from the Author that is not protected or get the original source file in whatever format it was in.

I turned off the protection in edit /prefs/change settingsand connected to amazon but it was still blank

Would it be because it was created on a mac
?

DaleDe · 06-07-2012, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jane Doe

I turned off the protection in edit /prefs/change settingsand connected to amazon but it was still blank

Would it be because it was created on a mac
?

Did you create this yourself? You can't just turn off someone else's DRM. Mac and PC created stuff should be the same PDF and work the same.

Dale

Elfwreck · 06-07-2012, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jane Doe

I turned off the protection in edit /prefs/change settingsand connected to amazon but it was still blank

Would it be because it was created on a mac
?

It's not because it was created on a mac. The PDF must have some kind of code in it, javascript or similar, that tries to connect to Amazon. This looks like a virus or other malware embedded in the PDF.

If you have Acrobat Pro you might be able to find out what's hidden in it; otherwise, I'd suggest just deleting it, and maybe avoiding future documents from that source.

Jane Doe · 06-08-2012, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

It's not because it was created on a mac. The PDF must have some kind of code in it, javascript or similar, that tries to connect to Amazon. This looks like a virus or other malware embedded in the PDF.

If you have Acrobat Pro you might be able to find out what's hidden in it; otherwise, I'd suggest just deleting it, and maybe avoiding future documents from that source.

acrobat will not show. no virus. anyone suggest a way to view this?

aware · 06-08-2012, 06:02 PM

thank goodness I found this thread. I have been downloading PDFs online at various websites and all of them come blank with Amazon opening.

Jane Doe · 06-08-2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by aware

thank goodness I found this thread. I have been downloading PDFs online at various websites and all of them come blank with Amazon opening.

have you tried any of the suggestions here? What sites if you can say? Have you tried them on a kindle i thnk they are ebooks

DiapDealer · 06-08-2012, 08:02 PM

Safe to say that these are advertised as free PDFs of brand-new authors/books that would usually cost money? Hopefully you're only being scammed and not infected.

06-05-2012, 05:28 PM	#1
Jane Doe Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: none	Blank PDF tries to connect to amazon I have pdf that was created on a mac. i have windows. it will open but it is blank and says tried to connect to amazon. The first time I blocked it and now it says cannot connect to amazon.com It is 2.3MB. I tried to convert to a word doc but get a blank word doc PDF properties says PDF producer MAC OS x 10.5.6 Quartz PDFContext Fast web view yes PDF version 1.6. Can someone tell me what this means and how to solve it please/ Thanks

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DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Seems like this PDF is protected as Calibre says. You need to get a copy from the Author that is not protected or get the original source file in whatever format it was in.

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06-08-2012, 08:02 PM	#10
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