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I used a link that McAfee site advisor tagged as safe and then clicked from that page to the downloader site, a site that I'm 99 sure I've used before to download things like MBAM and Super-Anti Spyware, so I'm pretty sure it's safe. AV's cannot detect everything.Īs comments pointed out, it is good to note that the add-on that you used could have triggered an infection. Download the latest version of iTubeGo YouTube Downloader for Windows. Just today, I searched google for a youtube downloader. If I use AVAST, Emsisoft Anti-Malware, Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware Free Edition, will I be safe and find anything there is?.Virus-free, no adware or spyware, safe and clean for your PC. If you want risk-zero, delete them, even if the chances are very low Popular Alternatives to BlazeVideo Free YouTube Downloader for Windows, Mac, Web, iPhone.

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However if we are talking about being technically safe from infections, as mentioned in a previous bullet the chances that the videos contain working malicious code are slim. To be lawful (and have morals), you should delete the videos for which you do not own the rights, if the videos you downloaded are protected. computer with malware and viruses, you have to research the downloader before you. I removed the add-on - should I delete those videos too to be safe? Unfortunately, free YouTube doesnt offer that particular possibility.Technically, yes, but that would be illegal Could Youtube infect them to punish illegal downloading?.Please note that technical treatments occur on Google's (Youtube's) side - such treatments could easily destroy the malicious content. In such a case, a malicious actor would have uploaded a video in the hopes that someone downloads it and then plays it with a vulnerable version of a specific player. In such a case a malicious video could infect you if it targets a specific player (and possibly a specific version).

Technically, yes, even if it is quite unlikely.

Could (downloaded) Youtube videos be infected?.

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