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YouTube download tools placed ads on the service

article published on 15 August, 2013

A team of security researchers has highlighted some popular YouTube video download tools that had been placing unauthorized advertisements on the video service. Spider.io observed two programs - Best Video Downloader and Easy YouTube Downloader - placing ads on the YouTube site in clear violation of YouTube's rules. Even worse, some of the injected advertisements led users to malicious websites. ... [ read the full article ]

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ThePastor
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_ 		15. August 2013 @ 18:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A person savvy enough to install a Youtube downloader is smart enough not to click on an ad...
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Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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