Legal Questions over an Obviously Pirated Copy(ies)

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December 3, 2024
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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?

Account management

Correct answer Peru Bob

Uninstall the pirated software.

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Xyzaffair

Known Participant

you should stop [removed by moderator] as it has bad effects on the minds of criminals, your crimes cost good people, so i hope you get caught, and yes it will have an effect but not on you on the company you work for, that is to say your pirated software will now show up in thier creative cloud account, and they will no who you are, a thief.

davescm

Community Expert

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

ProDesignTools

Community Expert

Pirated Software Helped a Malware Virus Compromise 3,200,000 PCs

A trojan horse that infected millions of PCs and stole 1.2 terabytes of personal information was largely spread through illegal software, including pirated games and a cracked version of Adobe Photoshop, security researchers from NordLocker said.

Inside the treasure trove of stolen data were 1.1 million unique email addresses, 26 million login credentials, and 6 million files stolen from the Desktop and Downloads folders on compromised systems.

kglad

Community Expert

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

John T Smith

Community Expert

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

Peru Bob

Correct answer

Community Expert

Uninstall the pirated software.

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