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How can I remove the virus s.ytimg.com from my MAC ?

macuser2015
macuser2015
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If I am on Yahoo, I notice a site, s.ytimg.com , is slowing my mac down. This is a recent problem. I don't know how the virus got on my computer. How do I remove it? Thanks.

If I am on Yahoo, I notice a site, s.ytimg.com , is slowing my mac down. This is a recent problem. I don't know how the virus got on my computer. How do I remove it? Thanks.

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s.ytimg.com is a server operated by Google that hosts certain content for YouTube. If you are seeing that on YouTube or on sites with embedded YouTube videos, then it would not be suspicious.

s.yimg.com (without the t in there) is a server operated by Yahoo that hosts certain content for Yahoo sites. If you are seeing that one on Yahoo, then it would not be suspicious.

It would be a little weird to see Google's on Yahoo or the other way around, considering their rivalry.

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  • Question details
    Product Firefox
    Topic Fix slowness, crashing, error messages and other problems
    System Details
    • Mac OS X 10.6
    • Firefox 40.0

Additional System Details

Installed Plug-ins

  • Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java is not installed.
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • RealPlayer Plugin
  • Microsoft Office for Mac SharePoint Browser Plug-in
  • Shockwave Flash 18.0 r0
  • iPhoto6

Application

  • User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0

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Chosen Solution

s.ytimg.com is a server operated by Google that hosts certain content for YouTube. If you are seeing that on YouTube or on sites with embedded YouTube videos, then it would not be suspicious.

s.yimg.com (without the t in there) is a server operated by Yahoo that hosts certain content for Yahoo sites. If you are seeing that one on Yahoo, then it would not be suspicious.

It would be a little weird to see Google's on Yahoo or the other way around, considering their rivalry.

'''s.ytimg''.''com''' is a server operated by Google that hosts certain content for YouTube. If you are seeing that on YouTube or on sites with embedded YouTube videos, then it would not be suspicious. '''s.yimg''.''com''' (without the t in there) is a server operated by Yahoo that hosts certain content for Yahoo sites. If you are seeing that one on Yahoo, then it would not be suspicious. It would be a little weird to see Google's on Yahoo or the other way around, considering their rivalry.