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JasonStrafes
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May 13, 2018
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Downloaded a potential virus in the real adobe site.

  • May 13, 2018
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Hey. I downloaded the adobe photoshop free trial and used the official site (I checked the URL and everything) and I downloaded it. I downloaded a file called Photoshop_Set-up which is just 168kb.

The top one is the legit one and the bottom one I downloaded the first time.

I used the same download link and redownloaded photoshop and I got the real photoshop that is 1879kb.

I used virustotal.com and scanned the file.

Either the file I downloaded is corrupted or the adobe site got compromised.

Also, I've been getting alerts from malwarebytes blocking some ip connecting to svchost.exe for "Phishing", "Fraud", "Malvertising" etc.

Also, I reset my system a few days ago and it is a clean machine.

Please help

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    Correct answer Jeffrey_A_Wright

    JasonStrafes, thanks for the feedback.  Please use the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application to install Photoshop CC.  You can find complete details regarding the process at Learn how to download your Adobe Creative Cloud apps .

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    JasonStrafesAuthor
    Participant
    May 13, 2018

    Window smartscreen blocked the file but I still ran it

    Jeffrey_A_Wright
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    Jeffrey_A_WrightCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
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    May 14, 2018

    JasonStrafes, thanks for the feedback.  Please use the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application to install Photoshop CC.  You can find complete details regarding the process at Learn how to download your Adobe Creative Cloud apps .

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