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Acrobat 9 to Acrobat 2017 Perpetual

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March 11, 2021
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Earlier I had posted that I wanted to update Acrobat Standard 9 to 9.1, I thought 9.1 fixed the security vulnerabilities. I went to the FTP site to download the update and it would not update my installation.

So, Adobe is offering Acrobat 2017 Standard Perpetual License for $119. Is this the least expensive way for me? I can't afford a $13/mo fee for the new version.

Thanks!

Install update and subscribe to Acrobat

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Bryan5E57

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Just for future reference all perpetual licensed software ended with Adobe CS6. All licensing models after CS6,from Adobe, are now subscription licenses. In other words this means you have to log in to Adobes servers to use software that installed on your computer.

try67

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That's not true. Acrobat is still offered as a perpetual license, not a subscription.

You do have to activate it one time online, though.

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Bryan5E57

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How about a link to it. Thanks

try67

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PS. Since we saved your $120 from going down the tube, you can now afford to subscribe to Acrobat DC for at least 10 months...

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edl47345871Author

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LOL, yup looking at doing that now.

thanks

try67

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Yes I've been contacted by Adobe Systems Incorporated <Adob24x7Care@outlook.com>

regarding the Perpetual licence situation When I tried to use Dreamweaver and was presented with a need for authorisation code page

I think I picked up the link to them from a community page and being desprate to get into update webpages did not notice the @outlook
I was offered CS 6 Perpetual licence but have been ill and not persuing it since 22Feb when I was informed servers had been sut down as nologer supporting CS3 not sure why I would need servers ??
19th March I received an email on suject and was going to take it furthe when I noticed the at Outlook address

But I'm still in the situation that I cannot acess CS3 Perpetual programmes which I have running on my 2008 Mac Pro and would like to keep that system running

I have set up a CC All Apps account but the learning curve and glitches that keep occuring are not enamouring me to the system

And in this world of environmental awarness why scrap what works ... Help! would apreciate any

That's a scammer! Do not give them any personal details or buy anything from them!

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$119 can't be the correct price surely. Maybe you chose upgrade pricing, for which it is far too late. Should be around $300. Anyway only Acrobat 2020 is sold today. Did someone send you a price in a private message? If so, they are a scammer, trying to steal from you and Adobe at the same time. Don't reply!! Or did you find the price on the web? Most "sellers" are thieves.

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edl47345871Author

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I went back and looked at the interaction I had with someone who replied to my initial post. They told me to reply to

Adobe Systems Incorporated <Adob24x7Care@outlook.com>

Do you think this is legit? The email is from a domain of outlook.com ???

try67

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Absolutely not legit! Adobe employees will only have email addresses in the adobe.com domain.

try67

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Adobe doesn't sell Acrobat 2017 any longer, and I would strongly recommend you don't buy it from other places, unless they are official Adobe resellers. And no, you can't upgrade from Acrobat 9 to 2017.

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edl47345871Author

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Adobe support just sent me an invoice for the 2017 Acrobat Perpetual License. So, I guess they still are.

try67

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That's very odd. On the website it's not available.

How did you got in touch with them?

JR Boulay

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Acrobat 2017 is 4 years old, you should prefer the latest version, Acrobat 2020:

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/acrobat-2020-downloads.html

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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edl47345871Author

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Thanks, but I cannot afford the 2020 version. That is why i was leaning towards the 2017 Acrobat Perpetual license. This woul get me off the Acrobat 9 which has security vulnerabilities.

try67

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You're more likely to get a pirated version, if you're lucky, or one full of viruses and malware, if you're not... Either way, you'll be throwing your money away and risking your computer just to save a couple of bucks. It's not a risk worth taking.

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