meejle@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoDoes Adobe realise that by constantly "disabling" my pirated Photoshop, they're just ensuring I always have the latest and greatest version?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareDoes Adobe realise that by constantly "disabling" my pirated Photoshop, they're just ensuring I always have the latest and greatest version?meejle@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremeejle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoYeah I haven’t been bothering recently, I gotta be honest. The m0nkrus releases are just too easy haha. Is the hosts file hack still worth doing, or just go into Windows Firewall and take away its internet access?
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoJust create an outbound firewall rule for the Photoshop exe that blocks internet access. That way it can’t phone home.
minus-squarefcuks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI also blocked “%ProgramFiles% (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Adobe Update Helper.exe” just in case that had anything to do with it also, not sure if it matters or not, just was fed up wtih reinstalling.
Yeah I haven’t been bothering recently, I gotta be honest. The m0nkrus releases are just too easy haha.
Is the hosts file hack still worth doing, or just go into Windows Firewall and take away its internet access?
Just create an outbound firewall rule for the Photoshop exe that blocks internet access. That way it can’t phone home.
I also blocked “%ProgramFiles% (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\HDBox\Adobe Update Helper.exe” just in case that had anything to do with it also, not sure if it matters or not, just was fed up wtih reinstalling.