18.03.2009.
Alternative keygen for CS4 MC
I got a mail yesterday about the standard keygen many people download with their torrents not working. While the cause of certain less-than-legal software failures may be their general instability or age, in most cases it's Mr. Gates that's pulling your leg again. Windows, with each new service pack, includes several measures to prevent fishy software from working properly. Some minor updates naive people download do that as well, so the next time you see a description like "Fixes a critical vulnerability issue in Internet Explorer" under an update on the microsoft site, ask yourself "Why am I even still using Internet Explorer and can I really trust those descriptions?".
That said, here is a link to an alternative 1.1 keygen which should work: Download HERE . I've tested it and it worked fine for me. Of course, for any of the generated keys to actually work, regardless of the keygen, you MUST have a firewall like ZA blocking the apps from phoning home to Adobe, otherwise the whole set of generated keys will be tagged as illegal and you won't be able to activate CS4 again with that keygen.
Which reminds me, someone mailed me saying he would like to use only a certain application from the suite, but doesn't want to use or install anything like ZoneAlarm. Tough luck, I gotta say. You absolutely MUST have a firewall blocking the apps from accessing the web. There is simply NO alternative, other than not having an internet connection. No amount of adding those protection lines into the "hosts" file will help you - the apps WILL find a way to contact additional activation servers sooner or later, and will commit suicide. If you want to use anything CS4, be prepared to use a decent firewall. After all, it can only help you in the long run.
Also, if you need only one of the CS4 apps, I suggest you find a torrent that contains only that one, solo. It's your best bet. Alternatively, you can download the trial for any of the apps from the Adobe site (you'll need a free adobe account for that) and activate it using all the measures I mentioned below. Naturally, you'll need a keygen as well, but finding that shouldn't be a problem.
P.S. To open the file linked above, you need 7zip, a free open source zipping tool that's way better than WinZip and WinRar combined. Just google it.
