FLVTube is supposedly a video player that downloads and plays YouTube videos. Only a few anti-viruses categorize FLVTube as an adware, and most of the antivirus software do not have any detection for it. FLVTube uses the familiar fake codec download techniques to trick PC users in downloading their software: You chance upon a video clip on a random website and to view it you need to download FLVTube! If FLVTube is really a genuine video player, then I wonder why they are using such misleading installation strategies.
During installation, FLVTube gives options to install following affiliate products of questionable reputation:
- Emoticons Toolbar by SweetIM
- WhiteSmoke Grammar software
- Uniblue RegistryBooster
And, it installs following mandatory components:
- FLVTube Player
- FLVTube Toolbar
- QueryBrowser Search Assistant
FLVTube Toolbar and QueryBrowser Search Assistant hijack browser homepage and search provider to
http://flvtubesearch.co and www.querybrowser.com (however, this is mentioned in terms and conditions during installation).
VirusTotal scan results of installer and browser plugins can be found here, here and here. Stay clear of this rogue video player! Malwarebytes Anti-Malware can be used to remove FLVTube Player.
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