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Downloaded the ISO from 12 mirrors (official and top 5 non-official search results). Analyzed file integrity, TLS certificates, and redirect chains. 4. Results | Metric | Official path | Non-official path | |--------|--------------|------------------| | Avg clicks to ISO | 2.1 | 4.7 | | Checksum verified | 68% | 3% | | Malicious redirect | 0% | 12% (fake “Ubuntu Pro” installers) | | Download speed (median) | 8.2 MB/s | 3.4 MB/s |

Digital Artifacts of Open-Source Adoption: A Forensic and Usability Analysis of the Search Query “Download Ubuntu 22.04 ISO” download ubuntu 22.04 iso

Participants (students, junior sysadmins) were asked to “find and download Ubuntu 22.04 ISO” while screen-recorded. We measured: clicks, time, checksum verification rate. Downloaded the ISO from 12 mirrors (official and

38% of participants downloaded from a non-official site, often because the official site’s “Download” button was not the first visible result on mobile/tablet viewports. 5. Discussion The query “download ubuntu 22.04 iso” functions as a high-stakes information retrieval task . Users rarely verify GPG signatures or SHA256 hashes—a known security gap. Attackers exploit this with SEO-poisoned pages offering pre-compromised ISOs. We introduce a Browser Integrity Helper (BIH) – a lightweight extension that intercepts .iso downloads from Ubuntu domains and forces a local checksum check against releases.ubuntu.com before saving. Results | Metric | Official path | Non-official

No malicious ISOs were executed; analysis was done in isolated VMs. 6. Conclusion and Future Work This paper demonstrates that a mundane search query can reveal systemic vulnerabilities in OSS distribution. Future work will extend the BIH to other popular distros (Fedora, Debian) and study its adoption via open-source release.