download-a.akamaihd.net A virus/trojan source?

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18 Feb 2016, 10:27 am

I went to download something to my tablet from a website I've used frequently.

This time, the download didn't show up as coming from the same web address every other one has. Instead, it says it came from "download-a.akamaihd.net".

The file size is right. (I downloaded the same file to my computer as a test, and the size is the same as what's reported on my tablet.) I'm just not sure I want to try and open this thing. (Not on the tablet, anyway.)

Does anyone know what akamaihd.net might be?

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19 Feb 2016, 7:32 pm

Sethno wrote:

Akamaihd is what Facebook calls their servers. They host other things as well like Instagram and Vine, IIRC. It should be safe.

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20 Feb 2016, 1:20 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies

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