Although I was starting to get slightly suspicious, I was still hopeful that I had just got a great deal and eager to try out the software so I proceeded with the install. But I noticed that the quality of the print on the box was surprisingly poor for an expensive product from a big company such as Adobe. When it eventually arrived it looked like the real deal at first glance. The price was low – US$127.50 – but I put it down to it being an out of date version of Photoshop. I bought a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 from a store called ‘The Violent Squirrel’ – (I’m purposely not linking to it). The products are professionally produced counterfeits complete with packaging that has been copied to look like the real thing. These online stores are actually listed on major shopping comparison sites such as. I’m writing this blog to warn others about pirated software being sold in online stores as legitimate.
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