Legal Questions over an Obviously Pirated Copy(ies)

[itsjoendx]

I am a graphic design student for over 7 years ( I just graduated college ). For 10 years I've been using pirated software from various developers including Adobe so  I can learn my skills. When it comes to work/internship, I always provided with genuine license Adobe Software by my workplace. Recently I landed a remote job that provided me their Adobe License so I can for legitimately. That means I have to use my PC in order to work, and my PC has a lot of pirated Adobe softwares. 

Now, I needed to know, will the presence of pirated Adobe's older CC softwares affected the my workplace's adobe licenses (account locked, banned, company flagged/fined for piracy)?

What if I created a new user in my PC and I excluded my pirated software from the user?

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

Uninstall the pirated software.

[John T Smith]

I don't work for Adobe, but now that you have publicly admitted to theft it wouldn't surprise me if Adobe takes action to lock you out of any legitimate subscription

[kglad]

most pirated software is infected.  don't use any financial info on the infected computer.

[davescm]

We don't give advice on how to use illegal software. Just be aware that pirates don't do this for nothing, pirated software tends to be loaded with malware. 

I would start again with a reformatted drive and a fresh install of your operating system. Then do not put any illegal software on your PC. Do this before you load any company software, send any files to them, or connect to their network. If you do not you could be responsible for introducing malware onto their systems. Believe me, you would not be thanked for doing that.

Dave