Pesky YouTube popup alert issue-any ideas?
For the past couple of weeks, every time I open a YouTube link, a suspicious looking alert pops up over the bottom right corner of the video, and the video screen dims into the background.
The alert says, YouTube crashed. Would you like to contribute to anonymous crash reports for this and future crashes to help us fix issues like this? Yes/No. I dont trust the alert, so I dont click Yes or No. The dimmed-out video plays behind the distracting, frozen alert. Very frustrating.
lpbk2713
(43,201 posts)It might help.
ariadne0614
(1,876 posts)catbyte
(35,899 posts)https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-online-scams-how-to-spot-online-scareware-scams.html
https://www.businessknowhow.com/security/scareware.htm
You might want to clean out your cookies and also run an antivirus scan, just in case.
ariadne0614
(1,876 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,930 posts)You don't say what kind of machine you're using ... Windows? Mac? A phone? Does it fail with other browsers? Chrome? Firefox? If you're using Flash, have you installed the latest (from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ not some random site!) ...
It sounds like malware to me, but it might be legit. I didn't find much when I googled that text.
ariadne0614
(1,876 posts)Ill try your suggestions and let you know asap. Thanks!
CloudWatcher
(1,930 posts)Ah, well at least you don't have to worry about Flash (there is no flash on iPhone/iPad). You can watch youtube videos on your iPad using either a browser or with the YouTube application. It might be worth trying the youtube app if you're using a browser (or a browser if you're using the app).
Oh, and since it's an iPad, chances are much less that it's malware ... though still not zero!