Reverse command prompt action

[Jesper800]

Hi everone,

"A friend of mine 😛" just used a crack for adobe illustrator CS4, but would like to reverse it. The CMD code is:
FIND /C /I "activate.adobe.com" %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ECHO ^127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com>>%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

I have no experience whatsoever in command prompt programming, could anyone please give advise?


Help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[r_manic]

In the first place, your "friend" shouldn't buy pirated stuff. If "he/she" wants to clean the computer of the changes, they can try system restore.

 

[Zenthar]

Not all commands are reversible, in that case, simply remove the "activate.adobe.com" entry from your host file.

 

[Jesper800]

Thanks for your kind help, I have removed the line succesfully 🙂.

 

[Slohando]

Just uninstall the software choosing to remove all profile and preference settings, restart and reinstall.

 

[Clintonio]

A good thing to know that not every function has an inverse, but this one does. Luckily.

 

[rdc363]

That is a perfect example of why one shouldn't use cracks for software. Until removed, one is vulnerable to a current remote file execution bug in adobe's pdf reader because it cannot be updated.