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Y0utube.best

Posted: August 3, 2020

Y0utube.best is a dubious website that contains a fake video player that is designed to look like the one used by YouTube. This, combined with the website's name, is a sure indication that the creators of the Y0utube.best are trying to trick visitors into thinking that they have landed upon a legitimate YouTube page – in reality, Y0utube.best is not affiliated with the infamous video hosting service and, instead, it is dedicated to hosting a basic tactic that aims to hijack Web browser notifications.

When the Y0utube.best page shows up in your browser, you may see a prompt saying that you need to 'Press 'Allow' to watch the video.' This prompt is false, and following its instructions will not enable video playback – instead, it will enable Y0utube.best's notifications in your Web browser. While this is a small change, it may have huge consequences for your Web browsing experience – Y0utube.best will bring dozens of notifications to your browser, and their contents often may try to promote questionable services, products and websites.

If your browser is delivering unwanted notifications, you should try to identify the source of the problem and fix it. In the case of Y0utube.best, all you need to do is set this website's permissions to use notifications to 'Disabled' or 'Blocked.'

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