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Youtube.com weird behaviour

MacBH928

MacBH928

macrumors G3
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May 17, 2008
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Ummm...
am not sure if this is a virus or trojan
but lately on my Safari and Firefox
when I go to Youtube.com

it takes me to the website theblackyoutube.com
am not sure how this works, or why it happens

If I click to direct link to a youtube video, say a link i clicked from google search, it works just fine.

anyone knows why this happens?
but it doesnt happen all the time, only sometimes

the only thing I can think of is that I have hotspot shield installed, but its not even running. I also used hotspot shield for a long time, this just started happening now

?
 
What method are you using to go to YouTube? Are you clicking a bookmark or link? Typing in the address bar? If typing in the address bar, what exactly are you typing and is autocomplete changing it? If a bookmark or link, verify it contains the right link.

One thing is certain: it's not a virus. No viruses exist in the wild that can run on Mac OS X, and there never have been any, since it was released 10 years ago. The handful of trojans that exist can be easily avoided with some basic education, common sense and care in what software you install:

Read the section "Why am I being redirected to other sites?" in the link above.
 
thanx for ur reply
i type the address in the bar
still same issue...
it only happens sometimes
not all the times

ill try to see if something is wrong withing my dns settings and get back to you

I live outside the USA , will changing the dns to google affect my inet speed?
i recall i did this once and youtubr videos took a lot more time to load
maybe there is a dns specific to my isp?
i dunno
 
thanx a lot man for the great tips!
it appears that I have been using Google's DNS without me knowing
must had forgotten about it

any way I did the namebench thing
and I got 3 DNS:
1) opendDNS: 208.67.220.220
2) Secondary server: my router ip which stats 192.168.
3) something called a tertiary server

shall I use the OpenDNS only?
and shall I put the other openDNS : 208.67.222.222
or not? it didnt appear to me in the namebench results!

whats a DNS any way, is it like proxy, a server that filters things?
and one last thing, does this will conflict with my ISP's dns or something?

I appreciate your help a lot, sorry to sound so noob
 
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