I'm having trouble download the forge.

[Grubberg]

It's says this file could harm your computer.

[DaemonUmbra]

At least one version had a false positive from an Anti-Virus engine in the past.

However this is usually because your browser has simply detected that you downloaded a file that is executable (i.e. a program) and it cannot verify that the program is from a commonly trusted source (i.e. a well-known corporation).

 

If this worries you at all, remember that the source code for everything Officially-Forge-related (as far as I know) can be viewed on GitHub.

Edited October 5, 2018 by DaemonUmbra
Added GitHub mention

[LexManos]

Also be SURE you ONLY ever get it from Forge's official download site: https://files.minecraftforge.net/

There are MANY sites out there that are pretending to be us, and paying Google to be at the top of the search results that are nothing but malware.

Anything that you get from our official site is safe, as Umbra pointed out, the source is publicly available to view on Github for everything we make.

[Grubberg]

  On 10/5/2018 at 9:03 PM, LexManos said:

Also be SURE you ONLY ever get it from Forge's official download site: https://files.minecraftforge.net/

There are MANY sites out there that are pretending to be us, and paying Google to be at the top of the search results that are nothing but malware.

Anything that you get from our official site is safe, as Umbra pointed out, the source is publicly available to view on Github for everything we make.

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The file was from that website.

[LexManos]

If it was from our official site, then it's fine.

Windows likes to say anything it detects as a executable file, that hasn't paid them a stupid amount of money to be on their whitelist, can harm your computer.

Because it can, even stuff on their whitelist can, any executable code you download from the internet can harm your computer.

But if you trust the people you're getting it from, then you just ignore that.

Always be on your guard, make sure you're getting what you expect from the host you expect.

We also provide the signatures of each file on the downloads page so people can verify that it didnt get corrupt while downloading.