Computer Help.

I would like to take the opportunity to remind us all of the dangers of downloading free software.

It is not unknown for well known softwares to be tampered with by a 3rd party before being offered for download.
Ask yourself why a website would exist just to give things away.

The tampering can involve adding spyware and malware to the original program. The spyware will not announce itself and may pass unnoticed for some time.
Because the installation of the program is a deliberate action on the part of the user it will not be detected by the users security software (Anti Virus, etc) until is too late.
Simply clicking on any button in a pop up window can be enough to trick your browser into downloading a virus, no matter what the text in the window says.

The rule is simple. Find out who's software it is that you are trying to obtain and then go to their website and download it from there.
If you don't know enough about either the software or the website then don't download anything.

"Be careful out there."

VM