Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app

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Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

Users say Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app

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Adobe’s latest Creative Cloud update is editing system hosts files behind the scenes. It’s not stealing data, but it needs admin rights and has corporate security tools lighting up. Full details here.

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