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Get the VeriSign Secured Shopping Widget

You need Google® Desktop in order to download the VeriSign Secure Shopping widget—as well as thousands of other useful widgets. With the VeriSign Secured Shopping widget, you can easily verify the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption of the Web sites where you shop.

You'll Be Verifying from Your Desktop in No Time

Windows® Internet Explorer® Users

Click here and a new window will open, leading you to the Google Desktop download. Keep this window open for easy, step-by-step directions.


Download Google Desktop

  1. Click Install Google Desktop.

    'Install Google Desktop' screenshot

  2. You’ll be asked, “Do you want to run or save this file?” Select Save. Then save the file to your desktop.

    'Do you want to run or save this file?' screenshot

  3. Once saved, you'll be asked, "Do you want to run this software?" Select Run.

    'Do you want to run this file?' screenshot

  4. The Google Desktop welcome page should appear. Read the Terms of Service. If you agree to them, click I Agree to proceed.

    'Welcome to Google Desktop!' screenshot

  5. Proceed to select your Google Desktop features and click Done. Google Desktop will install.

    'Choose Desktop Features' screenshot



Get the Widget (Google Gadget)

Once Google Desktop is installed and open, you’re ready to download the VeriSign Secured Shopping Gadget now >>.
(Note: Google calls its widgets “gadgets.”)

Just follow these simple steps:

  1. Click here and Save the file “VerifyGadget.gg” to your desktop.

    'Do you want to open or save this file?' screenshot

  2. Once downloaded, double-click on the VeriSign Secured Shopping Gadget icon on your desktop. Then click OK.
    (This is a standard warning created for most Google third-party gadgets.)

    'Third Party Gadget Installation' screenshot

  3. The Gadget will appear in your Google Desktop application with the rest of your Google Gadgets. And there it is—the VeriSign Secured Shopping Gadget—ready to help you shop more securely!

    'Installed Gadget on Desktop' screenshot


Learn more about the VeriSign Secured Shopping Widget (Gadget).

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Use this tool to quickly find out if your favorite e-commerce, banking, or other Web sites have been issued VeriSign SSL Certificates. Just enter the Web address and click "verify."
Note: Verify Before You Buy is currently limited to generic top-level domain VeriSign SSL Certificates. If the URL that you're investigating has a country code top-level domain, such as .co.uk or .de, you should use alternate means of evaluating the security of the Web site. Learn more >>
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