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StevieT

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#119463 2-Jun-2013 11:14
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Pertaining somewhat to this thread - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=119461 - I purchased an Adobe suite off ioffer.com. The seller is located in Turkey.

He has just activated the product for me, but copied a new Host file onto my computer.

It contains:
127.0.0.1                   127.0.0.1 www.internetdownloadmanager.com
127.0.0.1                   207.44.199.159 registeridm.com
127.0.0.1                   localhost

127.0.0.1                   lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com

127.0.0.1                   lm.licenses.adobe.com


127.0.0.1                   activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1                   adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1                   adobe.activate.com
127.0.0.1                   3dns-2.adobe.com #192.150.22.22
127.0.0.1                   3dns-3.adobe.com #192.150.14.21
127.0.0.1                   3dns-4.adobe.com #192.150.18.247
127.0.0.1                   3dns-5.adobe.com #192.150.22.46
127.0.0.1                   adobe-dns.adobe.com #192.150.11.30
127.0.0.1                   adobe-dns-2.adobe.com #192.150.11.247
127.0.0.1                   adobe-dns-3.adobe.com #192.150.22.30
127.0.0.1                   adobe.activate.com #69.175.22.26
127.0.0.1                   activate.adobe.com #192.150.22.40
127.0.0.1                   activate.wip3.adobe.com #192.150.22.40
127.0.0.1                   activate.wip4.adobe.com #192.150.22.40
127.0.0.1                   activate-sea.adobe.com #192.150.22.40
127.0.0.1                   activate-sjc0.adobe.com #192.150.14.69
127.0.0.1                   ereg.adobe.com #192.150.18.103
127.0.0.1                   ereg.wip3.adobe.com #192.150.18.63
127.0.0.1                   ereg.wip4.adobe.com #192.150.18.103
127.0.0.1                   practivate.adobe.com #192.150.18.54
127.0.0.1                   http://www.wip3.adobe.com #192.150.8.60
127.0.0.1                   http://www.wip4.adobe.com #192.150.18.200
127.0.0.1                   http://www.adobeereg.com #75.125.24.83
127.0.0.1                   adobeereg.com #207.66.2.10
127.0.0.1                   hl2rcv.adobe.com #192.150.14.174
127.0.0.1 192.150.14.69
127.0.0.1 192.150.18.101
127.0.0.1 192.150.18.108
127.0.0.1 192.150.22.40
127.0.0.1 192.150.8.100
127.0.0.1 192.150.8.118
127.0.0.1 209-34-83-73.ood.opsource.net
127.0.0.1 3dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe.activate.com
127.0.0.1 adobe.tt.omtrdc.net
127.0.0.1 adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1 crl.verisign.net
127.0.0.1 CRL.VERISIGN.NET.*
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 na2m-pr.licenses.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ood.opsource.net
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.*
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.ipp
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.newoa
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.ntp
127.0.0.1 tss-geotrust-crl.thawte.com
127.0.0.1 wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com


Should I be worried about any of the content of that file? Am I given a legit subscription to use the Adobe products I purchased?

Many thanks,
Stevie

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  #829571 2-Jun-2013 11:40
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You've bought a pirated copy, good job.




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  #829594 2-Jun-2013 12:39
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seriously $20 for a piece of software worth over $700+ and the price did not raise any warning flags,

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  #829975 3-Jun-2013 11:40
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This thread. Wow.



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  #830075 3-Jun-2013 16:12
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Let me just put it here so people can get the full picture:

- Turkey based web site
- Very expensive software being sold by a very low price
- Seller asks to access buyer's computer to install software/configuration
- Configuration is actually used to bypass software validation/authentication

Seriously, it's piracy, pure and simple. Once you have given someone access to your PC to do ANYTHING, consider it compromised. The software itself might have all sorts of stuff there - it can be part of a botnet sending out spam like crazy, or be part of a botnet doing DDoS for hire right now, or could just be recording all your keystrokes, including your bank access.

The previous advice stands: backup your data only and reinstall the OS then reinstall any ORIGINAL software you have (if you have other pirated software, don't install those).




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