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Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app
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this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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I remember editing the hosts file to prevent an online license check after applying a crack for Adobe back when I was a child. Seems Adobe decided it is payback time lol.