now my computer is really messing up and running kinda slow
2007-03-06 14:41:09 · 7 answers · asked by rachelE 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
No. You cannot get a virus from YouTube. You are not downloading anything, your just previewing shockwave. You can only get a virus from downloading or spyware.
2007-03-06 14:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by dewdrop034 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, if you downloaded the video it could have given you a virus. By the way, you should NEVER go on the internet without and antivirus program running. Buy one at Target or try to download on.
2007-03-06 22:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes u can get a virus PRETENDING to look like a youtube video clip. i'm assuming your brother clicked on it and went to a site with the virus.
in other words, it was a youtube picture not a video that he was clicking on.
2007-03-06 22:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by Andy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you may need to go in and do a disk clean up or do a defrag on your puter to get ride of all the junk on it and also maybe delete your Internet cookies also they can take up a lot of room on your puter... i hope this helps some you always what to do the 3 things like once a mth.
2007-03-06 22:49:31 · answer #4 · answered by mimi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you can get a virus from any website....and its possible its not a virus but a trojan horse/spyware...thats why its crtical to have a firewall and virus program at all times and keep the definition files updated.
2007-03-06 22:47:58 · answer #5 · answered by Truth is Divine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your brother lied to you!!! instead, he went into a 'naughty' website. get grifsoft AVG free to check for viruses. get ccleaner to remove junks from your pc and hope your comp will get faster
2007-03-06 22:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by →Alex← 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try running http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
and spybot
http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html
and see if it helps.
2007-03-06 22:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by sho95@sbcglobal.net 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋