Question

Aaron wants to download a new program from the internet and install it on his computer. What is the safest way for him to do this

Answer 1

First, ask friends and family if they have gotten infected by a possible virus (It is most common on .exe files)
Seccond, use a file scanning service like spybot or Avast to check to see if the file is infected, if so, delete it ASAP
Third, good luck with web safety