Is officecdn-microsoft-com.akamaized.net a scam link?
I am trying to download Edge for Mac.
However, after I completed the downloader, I found it's from non-microsoft.com domain:
Is that a scam? Am I hacked by someone? Why Microsoft should use such a weird link rather than microsoft.com?
I have searched with Google, some people say it's legit, but I also found a site claiming this domain has only 6% trust score, which I think is quite low.
Is this website really a scam? Where should I download a genuine version of Edge for Mac?
2 Answers
This is Akamai server, used by Microsoft and other companies servers for software distribution and other purposes, so it is safe.
If in doubt (and what I recommend), you can download Edge directlyfrom Microsoft. Click on the small down-arrow near the "DOWNLOAD" button and select "macOS", then follow the prompts.
No, it is not a scam. If you inspect the source code of the page, you will notice that there are more than 100 links from the same domain.
@As advised by Moab on the comments, one should not just believe because there are 100s of links. So I tried to find out about the domain. A search on the domain shows that it belongs to Akamai, a company that provides Content delivery solutions. It is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
I found this [link] from a Microsoft blog showing a business relationship between the 2 companies.
Today we are excited to announce the general availability of Azure CDN from Akamai offering our customers an additional CDN provider to choose from.
I think this shows that Akamai provides CDN for Microsoft, and the link provided by on the question should be considered as legit.
