Description

 INSTRUCTIONS TO STOP ADOBE FROM CHECKlNG YOUR SERIAL AND DE-ACTIVATING IT

You will be opening a hidden file which needs special permission to open. With a
special terminal command, the file will open automatically in TextEdit. You will
add a few lines of text to the file, save and close. That's it. Pretty simple and
totally not scary, huh? Ok so let's get to it:

Step 1 - If you're still going to install CS4, make sure you install it as a trial
(do not enter a serial number). If you've already installed and have used one of
the expiring serials, load any CS4 app, go to the Help menu and Deactivate.
Quit any open CS4 apps.

Step 2 - Open Terminal (found in Applications/Utilities/). In the terminal window,
paste in:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

Step 3 - Hit return and type in your admin password.

Step 4 - A file will automatically open in TextEdit. In TextEdit, at the bottom of
the document, hit return and paste in the following:

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

Step 5 - Save the file. Do NOT do a "Save As". Close the file.

Step 6 - If you're on OS X 10.4, reboot. If you're on OS X 10.5, in a new terminal
window, paste in:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Hit return and exit out of Terminal.

Step 7 - Launch any CS4 app and enter the serial from the keygen. The serial will
last for decades.

As from at I can see this method is working with CS4 trials download via
www.adobe.com