Two ways to know for sure that the software is not on the up and up if they say it is an OEM software or software that can be downloaded from a source other than the manufacturer.No other major manufacturer of software that will let someone else sell downloads of their products. The only place to get legal versions, authentic to download is to download it directly from the manufacturer, such as Adobe, Symantec, Autodesk, Microsoft, etc. .. Download from elsewhere is more than likely illegal.
OEM versions are only to be sold with the hardware it accompanies. For example, Microsoft could allow a computer store to sell their computers with the Windows operating system, either pre-installed on your computer or a CD or DVD to the end user to install, but the OEM software is not going to sell itself, but many people do it anyway.
There are plenty of places online to get the genuine licensed software software at cheap prices, but you only have to do a little research to make sure it is authentic.
An easy way to find a definite source of illegal software is to do a whois lookup on the domain name of the website that is selling the software. If the name is registered to someone in a country other than the United States, and the software is an USA based company such as Adobe, Microsoft, Corel, Intuit, etc., then the software is more than likely is not legitimate.
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