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The murky business of cheap software online
Deals for discounted programs abound on e-commerce sites, but it takes work to weed out the duds
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You can get a copy of Microsoft Office 2019 for just $25, but is it genuine and legitimate?
That is the question I tried to answer when I read The Straits Times article headlined "Shopee and Lazada remove listings for unauthorised Microsoft software" last week.


