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Crackers Beat Adobe CS4 License Activation Using A Simple Novice Trick
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 13:47.
There is no doubt that cracker's always tend to be one step ahead of software creators, no matter how tough the software protection is they always come up with a method to bypass it sooner or later, But, Adobe seems to be very unlucky with their CS4 product release, first it was the Photoshop CS4 leak and now Adobe Creative Suite 4 got cracked and keygened within three days of its initial release, massive sized trial version of Adobe CS4 suite with crack patches made their way on torrent portals and file-sharing websites within days after release.
Adobe CS4 makes use of a license activation system to make Keygens and shared serial-number obsolete by blacklisting them via a central activation server, Surprisingly, smart crackers defeated the whole CS4 activation system using a simple trick, blocking access to the activation server using Windows or MAC HOSTS file.
After generating the key using the keygen, users simply need to block access to activate.adobe.com using their firewalls or Windows HOSTS file, effectively disabling the CS4 licensing system from verifying the registration serial-key.
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this is how mine is
this is how mine is currently working. Same thing works with CS3. It is funny how much these idiots get paid to make these dumb activators, and we block them with WINDOWS. Wonderful.
It'll be a challenge, but...oh wait, that was easy.
Cheers to the hosts file. Windows itself is to blame for allowing such a method of exploit. We merely flipped the switch to the machine.
well, "they" did. i've
well, "they" did. i've never cracked, per se, with software activation.
not an issue with windows
First, the hosts files works the same way on the Mac. And on both systems, is has a lot of very good uses. I personally use it to redirect urls to localhost so I can do host header detection in IIS. It's poorly designed activation scheme created by adobe that's the issue.
LMAO
LMAO @ how they blocked the adobe servers, sometimes it takes simple to create genius!
luck
we just got lucky, dont celebrate it yet
Hahaha
That's innovative...
CS4 crack
can someone sport an amateur a step by step on how this works...
the instructions that came with the "package" just don't add up ...
help me to understand this process?....
Bless you!
Excellent
Nice! 5 thumbs up for them
Thank you
Thank you... that was helpful
Thank you
Thank you
???
Can ne1 tell me where can i get this from???
nicee
man ive been looking for this
Adobe - will you ever learn?
Very smart! I love it! Adobe could easily solve issues like this just by lowering their prices so that individual users could actually afford to buy their products! If it cost $500 to purchase the Design Premium Suite, instead of $1700, or $99-199 to upgrade instead of $599-799 then people wouldn't need to try to get around the system. Thanks your help from this cash challenged user!
CS4 Crack__
can someone help me with a step by step on how this works...
the instructions that came with the "package" just don't add up ...
help me to understand this process?....
I'm running OS X 10.4.11
THANK YOU in advance
Not Working?!?
I can't seem to get this to work correctly - what am I doing wrong?
how to block the windows vista host? it seems its not working?
how to block the windows vista host? it seems its not working? please help. i want to know and learn.
Crack key and Key Generator Adobe CS4 suite
Hi,
I looling a crack key and key generator for Adobe CS4 suite.... Could anyone tell where I can download the crack key
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hosts not working on vista
i've tried everything but the 'block' technique doesn't work on my vista machine . . . hosts file doesn't need to 'block' as expected, not does adding it to firewall.
Any ideas what else to do on vista machines?
add this adresses to the host file when blocking with ad-police
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 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
Thanks a lot mate I have
Thanks a lot mate I have done as you say and everything is working perfect now!!!
Thanks thanks thanks
OTHER KEYGENS
Topnotch, valuable posts here. I'm wondering if there are any valid, working keygens for Photoshop Elements 7, Acrobat Pro Extended, Audition 3 and Captivate 3?
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