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Beware of "YoTube"

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Eddie Paul Litz

Eddie Paul Litz

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Beware of misspelling YouTube by spelling YoTube in the address bar such as> ( www.yotube.com ) instead of ( www.youtube.com ). YoTube will lead to miscellaneous sites but sometimes it will take you to a Fake Microsoft Tech Support site that will hold your PC Hostage until you call them to get your PC Fixed. If you want to check it out yourself, I suggest you download & install COMODO Internet Security to use it's Virtual Kiosk to see it so your real PC isn't affected or use any Virtual Machine software to check it out for yourself.

Be Careful. Protect Yourself. It's a Dangerous Web Out There. (y)
 
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Misspelling many common internet site names have a similar result of leading to what may be malicious web sites. Please be careful before you place your faith in a particular product alone to protect you. Most of the reputable AV's out there should at least try and warn you about the web page you are about to open.
 
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Misspelling many common internet site names have a similar result of leading to what may be malicious web sites. Please be careful before you place your faith in a particular product alone to protect you. Most of the reputable AV's out there should at least try and warn you about the web page you are about to open.
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I have K9 Web Protection & WOT for website Warnings as well.(y)
 
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Hey thank you, I just checked and WOT is again listed as an add on for my Mozilla based browser. I don't care if they sell my browsing history, it will only bore someone crapless anyway. It's installed and works just like it used to. It's great for aiding in ensuring web research is reasonably reliable.. Thank you Eddie
 
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Eddie Paul Litz said:
Beware of misspelling YouTube by spelling YoTube in the address bar such as> ( www.yotube.com ) instead of ( www.youtube.com ). YoTube will lead to miscellaneous sites but sometimes it will take you to a Fake Microsoft Tech Support site that will hold your PC Hostage until you call them to get your PC Fixed. If you want to check it out yourself, I suggest you download & install COMODO Internet Security to use it's Virtual Kiosk to see it so your real PC isn't affected or use any Virtual Machine software to check it out for yourself.

Be Careful. Protect Yourself. It's a Dangerous Web Out There. (y)
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Thanks for the info.
 
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