How to tell if a download is legit or not? Adobe Acrobat keeps saying it

[raccoon]

has an update, and Java too. I know Adobe Acrobat and Java aren't malware,
but doesn't malware sometimes PRETEND to be some legit software?

[hobbit709]

1. When in doubt go directly to the website to download.

[leveymg]

2. I asked that question a while back, and the "experts" changed the subject.

I'd be shocked if all the major software providers don't have a contractual relationship with NSA. I'd also be shocked if some third parties haven't tried to exploit that.

[raccoon]

3. NSA? nt

[RC]

5. National Security Agency

And it is probably the other way around. NSA has a relationship with the software provider.

[leveymg]

6. After Groundbreaker privatized the Agency's IT backbone, hard to see a real distinction either way.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. F'ing java and adobe are not intentionally malware

But their endless need to get updated is a form of unintentional malware.

[rufus dog]

7. Be careful

If you think something isn't legit follow Hobbit's advise in the first reply.

I actually got a virus from a link that a DU member put in a response to a post. The box popped with Adobe would like access to xxx, just like with other updates and I ended up with a virus that I spent all last weekend trying to fix. after about 50 hours I finally gave up and took it to a guy who was able to get the malware.