Many YouTube downloaders are available on the Internet. This post focuses on the popular YouTube downloader called Y2Mate, discussing YouTube downloader security. Use the online YouTube downloaders or desktop YouTube downloaders? For convenience, lots of people may choose an online YouTube downloader. But is it safe? This post focuses on the popular online YouTube downloader called Y2Mate and discusses its security. Y2Mate is an online downloader that allows people to convert and download audio and videos from popular video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion, etc. to multiple media file formats like MP3, MP4, FLV, etc. in high quality.
I have tried this online downloader to download videos and found something suspicious — I was taken to a suspicious website when I clicked the Download button provided by the downloader. On the website, there is a piece of the message: Click the <<Allow>> button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching. Since I have no idea of what the site is, I closed the site instead of following the instructions. This is what I experienced on Y2Mate. Although I got what I wanted, there were some worries left. There are also some negative voices about Y2Mate from other users on Safeweb.