[DemocracyFTW2]

> Adobe started silently updating my /etc/hosts file

This has indeed things like "!!1! MALWARE !!!!" written all over it.

[cyanydeez]

one of the ways to run pirated Photoshop was to blackhole all of Adobe's license servers; so they probably learned from watching their competitors.

[DemocracyFTW2]

I'm not saying they didn't have a good or bad reason to do what they do, what I'm saying is this is akin to paying someone to paint the walls and suddenly you find out they're reconfiguring your smartphone. A tad too intrusive for my taste is what I say.