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Adobe URL Block List - Enable
Blocks Adobe telemetry and licensing URLs via hosts file.
Benefit
Stops Adobe apps from phoning home
Impact
lowCommands (1)
$hosts = @('lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com','na1r.services.adobe.com','hlrcv.stage.adobe.com','practivate.adobe.com','activate.adobe.com','activate-sjc0.adobe.com','activate.wip3.adobe.com'); $file = "$env:SystemRoot\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"; if (-not (Test-Path $file)) { Write-Host "[ERR] hosts file not found at $file"; return } try { $existing = Get-Content $file -ErrorAction Stop } catch { Write-Host "[ERR] cannot read hosts: $($_.Exception.Message)"; return } $toAdd = @(); $skipped = 0; foreach ($h in $hosts) { $has = $false; foreach ($line in $existing) { if ($line -like "*$h*") { $has = $true; break } } if ($has) { $skipped++ } else { $toAdd += "127.0.0.1 $h" } } if ($toAdd.Count -gt 0) { try { Add-Content -Path $file -Value $toAdd -ErrorAction Stop } catch [System.UnauthorizedAccessException] { Write-Host '[ERR] hosts file locked - close other apps editing hosts and retry'; return } catch { Write-Host "[ERR] $($_.Exception.Message)"; return } } Write-Host "[OK] Adobe block list: $($toAdd.Count) added, $skipped already present (total $($hosts.Count) entries)"Warnings
- May break Adobe software activation