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It's been like this for two days.
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You have a virus.
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It's just youtube being buggy.
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Locketart wrote:You have a virus.

lol nah....couldnt be....could it?

*scared*
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ranger4life wrote:
Locketart wrote:You have a virus.

lol nah....couldnt be....could it?

*scared*


Yes you may have inadvertently downloaded a virus while watching one of their videos. I would run a virus scan and stop watching youtube immediately.
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Locketart wrote:
ranger4life wrote:
Locketart wrote:You have a virus.

lol nah....couldnt be....could it?

*scared*


Yes you may have inadvertently downloaded a virus while watching one of their videos. I would run a virus scan and stop watching youtube immediately.

rofl are u serious? this is scaring me
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Yes I'm serious... run a virus scan NOW. (I recommend AVG)
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CHECK THE ANTI VIRUS THREAD NOW.
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omg for real? what can of virus could've done that?
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ONE THAT COULD CAUSE YOUR ISP TO DISABLE YOUR INTERNET, GO NAO.
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shit im scared now...running norton antivirus...full system scan and downloading AVG atm
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ranger4life wrote:omg for real? what can of virus could've done that?


I'm not sure. Youtube can be host to any number of malicious spyware/trojans due to the fact that any user can upload their own file. How long have you been watching youtube videos? I would stop viewing immediately unless you want to reformat your PC anywhere from 5-10 times a month.
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why 5-10 times a month? doesnt the virus die after one format?
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ranger4life wrote:why 5-10 times a month? doesnt the virus die after one format?


Not if you keep visiting youtube.
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lol
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guys im really scared right now..tell me if your joking cuz im really concerned
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OMFG UNPLUG YOUR INTERNET BEFORE YOUR ISP CAN DETECT IT!
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CrimsonNuker wrote:OMFG UNPLUG YOUR INTERNET BEFORE YOUR ISP CAN DETECT IT!

dude please tell me if your joking...if you are just be truthful..im Farking scared right now
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ranger4life wrote:guys im really scared right now..tell me if your joking cuz im really concerned


I would run the virus scan to make sure, but my cousin watches youtube alot and his hard drive got a virus recently. He couldn't even reformat and had to buy a new hard drive ($100). He doesn't watch youtube anymore, that's for sure.
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ranger4life wrote:
CrimsonNuker wrote:OMFG UNPLUG YOUR INTERNET BEFORE YOUR ISP CAN DETECT IT!

dude please tell me if your joking...if you are just be truthful..im Farking scared right now


Seriously, the same thing happened to be, first disable is until you call them, 2nd disable is a week, 3rd is a month
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please tell me what to do then..im running all these scans
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You're fine as long as your virus scan doesn't detect anything malicious, but I would stop watching youtube videos unless you're really looking for a trojan.
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ranger4life wrote:
CrimsonNuker wrote:OMFG UNPLUG YOUR INTERNET BEFORE YOUR ISP CAN DETECT IT!

dude please tell me if your joking...if you are just be truthful..im Farking scared right now

man i got a virus too from watching some video on youtube and man this virus wont go away even with format. i had to get a new computer ( good thing my parent let me buy any i want :D ) good luck with yours
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People realized you like a terrible, terrible anime. So Youtube punished you.

My channel however, is full of masterpieces that rake in tons of views and also make you shit bricks.

http://www.youtube.com/user/triangleMann
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Reise wrote:People realized you like a terrible, terrible anime. So Youtube punished you.

My channel however, is full of masterpieces that rake in tons of views and also make you shit bricks.

http://www.youtube.com/user/triangleMann


That video could contain one of many malicious spyware/trojans. ranger4life I would put youtube on your firewall block list.
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If I were in your shoes, I would unplug my internet, let like 3 scans run at once, go to sleep and delete all the shit it detects, then run it a few more times and take your chances if you want to. Worst case scenario: new hd.
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but how did u all get this information because utube wouldnt show video views?

im still running scans..
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what would happen to me in my scenario? just a few predictions...
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ranger4life wrote:but how did u all get this information because utube wouldnt show video views?

im still running scans..


Well this already happened to my cousin. (Virus from youtube.) I don't visit youtube personally because I can't afford a hard drive right now. Watching youtube a risk people take. You probably don't have a virus but you can still get one if you continue watching youtube videos.
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so then why would video views be taken off? if i dont have a virus? just a bug?
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