Youtube stupidity

BitVyper · 04-17-2010, 03:51 PM

So okay, I recently posted about some flash problems I was having in an imaginary forum that never existed where I certainly didn't impersonate all of you. Well, it turns out flash wasn't my problem.

for about a week now, Youtube is telling me to upgrade flash any time I want to watch a video. The funny thing is that the video loads and starts to play THEN it vanishes and the message appears. And it's not a Firefox plugin-finder message - the video is just replaced by a link to Adobe's homepage that says "go upgrade!" In fact, if I hit stop really fast, the video plays fine. It also plays fine in embedded forms. After futzing around with flash forever, I still had the problem. Deleting cookies, reinstalling everything? Still have the problem.

Googling around, it seems that this is happening a lot lately, but seemingly to random people - I've got accounts of it happening on pretty much every popular browser, with and without ad-blockers, on freshly installed systems, whatever. Some simple fixes seem to work for some people but not others. There's a lot of accusations that it's Google saying "fuck you" to ad-blockers, but I'm not really convinced of that, 'cause sites that do that usually SAY they're doing that.

Has anyone had the same problem or heard anything about it? I guess it's probably just a glitch with their new setup, but it seems really weird.

Marc v4.0 · 04-17-2010, 04:59 PM

I found that after I ran a Malware scan, to get rid of that pesky Vista Defender crap, that I also got a few hits not related to my initial problem, and the Flash upgrade thing stopped. I'm not sure if it was being caused by an unwanted program or not, but the timing seemed a bit suspect to me.

BitVyper · 04-17-2010, 05:05 PM

Vista Defender?

bluestarultor · 04-17-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BitVyper

Vista Defender?

One of many names for a virus or range of viruses that target Windows under the guise of antivirus software.

BitVyper · 04-17-2010, 06:20 PM

Ah, not one I've encountered then.

04-17-2010, 03:51 PM	#1
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	Youtube stupidity So okay, I recently posted about some flash problems I was having in an imaginary forum that never existed where I certainly didn't impersonate all of you. Well, it turns out flash wasn't my problem. for about a week now, Youtube is telling me to upgrade flash any time I want to watch a video. The funny thing is that the video loads and starts to play THEN it vanishes and the message appears. And it's not a Firefox plugin-finder message - the video is just replaced by a link to Adobe's homepage that says "go upgrade!" In fact, if I hit stop really fast, the video plays fine. It also plays fine in embedded forms. After futzing around with flash forever, I still had the problem. Deleting cookies, reinstalling everything? Still have the problem. Googling around, it seems that this is happening a lot lately, but seemingly to random people - I've got accounts of it happening on pretty much every popular browser, with and without ad-blockers, on freshly installed systems, whatever. Some simple fixes seem to work for some people but not others. There's a lot of accusations that it's Google saying "fuck you" to ad-blockers, but I'm not really convinced of that, 'cause sites that do that usually SAY they're doing that. Has anyone had the same problem or heard anything about it? I guess it's probably just a glitch with their new setup, but it seems really weird. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

04-17-2010, 04:59 PM	#2
Marc v4.0 Fight Me, Nerds Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,470	I found that after I ran a Malware scan, to get rid of that pesky Vista Defender crap, that I also got a few hits not related to my initial problem, and the Flash upgrade thing stopped. I'm not sure if it was being caused by an unwanted program or not, but the timing seemed a bit suspect to me. __________________

04-17-2010, 05:05 PM	#3
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	Vista Defender? __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

04-17-2010, 06:20 PM	#5
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	Ah, not one I've encountered then. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.