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Is it risky to download a script with a http://goo.gl/ link?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 14290 / 1 Year ago, thu, march 16, 2023, 11:32:21

Following the advise of an answer in Ask Ubuntu, I downloaded and ran a script with a URL starting by http://goo.gl/

Is it risky to use such file? could it be a virus or something else?

If yes, what should I do?

Some details:

I followed this answer, and did

    wget -O amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run http://goo.gl/VGYWP

    chmod +x amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run 

    ./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run --extract driver

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answered 1 Year ago tudatchful · Accepted Answer

I just create this answer to mark that I get the answer to my question in your answers and comments.

To sum up:

yes a http://goo.gl/something can be risky, especially if then you run the downloaded script.

to know what is behind such link, 2 solutions :
- curl -I http://goo.gl/something
  
  in my case:
```
curl -I http://goo.gl/VGYWP

Location: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run
```
- or do not download with wget but with Firefox and open your eyes

then you can evaluate the risk knowing the location of the file to be downloaded.

Thank you all for your quick answers and comments.