# Problems with Youtube vids.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-youtube-vids/475414>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-youtube-vids/475414 "2008-12-02T22:27:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-youtube-vids/475414/1 "2008-12-02T22:27:43Z")

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Can any of the more computer savvy Dopers clarify what the danger is here?

[Actns/Swif.T virus affecting embedded YouTube vids?](http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/02/actnsswift-virus-affecting-embedded-youtube-vids/)

Are we safe browsing on there as long as we don’t click “OK” on anything?

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-youtube-vids/475414/2 "2008-12-02T22:36:27Z")

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The page you linked to has been updated and now reports that the problem was anti virus software incorrectly flagging files as infected when they weren’t

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> [UPDATE: Spoke with Google/YouTube and apparently anti-spyware software from Computer Associates had been returning false positives, identifying certain files contained within YouTube embed codes as malware. The specific YouTube issue is apparently being corrected by Computer Associates and wasn’t actually harmful in the first place. If you’ve got CA software, you might want to check for any updates.]