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when i want to download firefox, it gets downloaded from a different site everytime. Is this legit?

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BrianZ
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when i want to download firefox, it gets downloaded from a different site everytime. Is this legit?

For example: a box from Norton Antivirus will pop up to ask me if I want to download firefox from ______ . The line will be filled with a different site everytime (this is one site: saimei.acc.umu.se). Can I trust this?

when i want to download firefox, it gets downloaded from a different site everytime. Is this legit? For example: a box from Norton Antivirus will pop up to ask me if I want to download firefox from ______ . The line will be filled with a different site everytime (this is one site: saimei.acc.umu.se). Can I trust this?

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James
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Yes as there is not one server but several mirrors around the help load balance the releases.mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/community/mirrors.html

Many of the mirrors are Universities and also help host for other open source stuff like various Linux distros.

The one you link to is a University in Sweden.

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BrianZ
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Thanks, Man!