We know that because it has been hacked to keep it (or at least the license management portion) from running properly.
If a Mac has been hacked in this way to run pirated software, and the user is complaining about a slow Mac, it is safe to assume that at least some software on the system is not running properly. Activate Adobe Cs6 Master Collection Offline Falfighbi. Use The Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool To Solve Installation. Encrypting your data will not help.Īdobe Cs6 Master Collection Host File Entries Block Adobe Activation Servers For Cs4 And Cs5 Via Hosts File. If you provide your password to install the hacked software, you are giving it, and the malware, full control over your machine and all of your data. Plus, hacked software often includes a variety of malware like adware, command and control bots, or true viruses. But in order to test this, we would have to install thousands of dollars worth of pirated software and use it on a regular basis to see how it behaves. Is this hacked software the cause? The Apple Support Communities Terms of Use require us to test our solutions before using them to help other people. To this, I respond, 'then why are you here?' If you are here on Apple Support Communities asking for help with a slow Mac, something isn't right. This User Tip is concerned with item #3 above. But this User Tip is not about individual rights, it is about undoing hacks that may be making your Mac very slow. In some situations, these hacks can be perfectly legal.
Someone using it in this fashion might have 23 entries in the file. This is not a valid use of the /etc/hosts file. Many expensive software packages, primarily Adobe and Microsoft products, will 'phone home' to their corporate offices to verify that the software being used on someone's Mac is a valid and properly licensed version of the software. Someone using it in this fashion might have 2000 entries in the file. You will have to ask the people who are pushing that list. What is 'undesireable' you ask? Good question. There are web sites promoting the use of /etc/hosts to block certain 'undesireable' websites by redirecting them to a non-functional server.
Someone using it in this fashion might have 5 entries in the file.
This is what the /etc/hosts file was designed to do. Then, when it is perfect, they can publish it to the real server for everyone else to see. No one on the internet will see the version of the site under development. This allows them to develop a web site for and test it while running on their Mac. Developers can add entries like that redirect back to localhost. Developing internet services on your Mac.There are three primary reasons for modifying this file: This file provides a way to redirect internet domain name lookups. The majority of complaints about slow Macs also include a hacked hosts file. 17 15 likes 29,503 views Last modified 8:14 AM
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