Some users choose to block the application's internet access to prevent authentication pop-ups. This is done by creating an Outbound Rule in the Windows Defender Firewall for the corelDRW.exe file and selecting "Block the connection" .

If you are a paying subscriber, there are limited official ways to mitigate this:

$hostsPath = "$env:windir\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" $blockList = @("apps.corel.com","mc.corel.com","iws.corel.com","auth.corel.com") foreach ($domain in $blockList) Out-File -FilePath $hostsPath -Append -Encoding ASCII

127.0.0.1 apps.corel.com 127.0.0.1 mc.corel.com 127.0.0.1 iws.corel.com 127.0.0.1 auth.corel.com 127.0.0.1 corel.com 127.0.0.1 www.corel.com 127.0.0.1 ipm.corel.com 127.0.0.1 coreldraw.com