The scam preys on users with slow internet or limited storage. The search results show fake tutorials and YouTube videos with "proof" — but those are either looped screen recordings or downloads that redirect to surveys and malware-laden zip files.
Use the free, legal, lightweight options above. Your computer and your data will thank you. If you need a legitimately small Office suite, let me know and I can recommend specific lightweight open-source alternatives. Stay safe.
I understand you're looking for a review of a "Microsoft Office 2019 highly compressed 500MB" version, but I need to be upfront with you:
I downloaded this from a random file-sharing site after searching for "Office 2019 highly compressed 500mb." The file was an .exe named "Office2019_HC_500MB_setup.exe." My antivirus immediately flagged it as — but I disabled protection just to see what happens. Big mistake.