Websites with an HTTPS or lock symbol (often both) are secured through SSL/TLS encryption and have purchased a certificate to verify this fact. Look either for an HTTPS at the beginning of the address, or in the situations where your browser doesn’t always display the hypertext transfer protocol, look for a lock symbol. Simply put: before downloading software from a website, check the website address. We’ve written rather extensively on the differences between secured and unsecured websites, so we won’t rehash the whole spiel here. Let’s lay out a few helpful tips to follow while trying to weave around sketchy websites and less-than-reputable downloads. Is it possible to safely download and install software you find online? Of course! But sometimes it takes a little bit of common sense mixed with a touch of uncommon knowledge to get the best and safest results. But your downloading escapades will come with the inevitable dance around sometimes suspicious-looking websites, followed by the knot you get in your stomach that maybe, just maybe, you could be downloading a nasty piece of malware.
That could mean downloading software directly from the company or developers. Unless you’re planning to purchase all of your software on CDs (something you likely won’t be able to do in the near future anyway), you’re eventually going to have download new software directly from websites hosting those files.
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