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<blockquote data-quote="New2TheMac" data-source="post: 1009180" data-attributes="member: 139905">Hi, paranoid ex-Windows user here again! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I was on Youtube last night watching a multi part video.&nbsp; When I went to watch the next part I did so by trying to right click and open it in a new tab in Firefox.&nbsp; Now I don't remember hitting anything to save a page, but somehow an HTM or HTML file was saved to my download folder before my eyes.&nbsp; I didn't double click on it and instead just deleted it.&nbsp; I believe the HTM or HTML file was called &quot;Watch&quot; or &quot;Watch This&quot;. I can't remember if these were in the folder or not while the HTM or HTML file was, but later on I noticed that there were 2 other files in the download folder.&nbsp; I forget the exact names but I remember they were a string of letters and or numbers.&nbsp; And I also believe the file made mention of &quot;part HTM&quot; or part HTML&quot;.Now my concern isn't a virus because as I found out through here there are no Mac viruses.&nbsp; But what happened just seems a bit strange.&nbsp; Part of me is afraid someone else could have put those on my computer (not physically, I live alone now).&nbsp; How likely is it I would have saved the page accidentally, and what about those 2 other files I found in the folder after deleting the file?&nbsp; Any thoughts on this besides me being extremely paranoid?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="New2TheMac, post: 1009180, member: 139905"] Hi, paranoid ex-Windows user here again! :) I was on Youtube last night watching a multi part video. When I went to watch the next part I did so by trying to right click and open it in a new tab in Firefox. Now I don't remember hitting anything to save a page, but somehow an HTM or HTML file was saved to my download folder before my eyes. I didn't double click on it and instead just deleted it. I believe the HTM or HTML file was called "Watch" or "Watch This". I can't remember if these were in the folder or not while the HTM or HTML file was, but later on I noticed that there were 2 other files in the download folder. I forget the exact names but I remember they were a string of letters and or numbers. And I also believe the file made mention of "part HTM" or part HTML". Now my concern isn't a virus because as I found out through here there are no Mac viruses. But what happened just seems a bit strange. Part of me is afraid someone else could have put those on my computer (not physically, I live alone now). How likely is it I would have saved the page accidentally, and what about those 2 other files I found in the folder after deleting the file? Any thoughts on this besides me being extremely paranoid? [/QUOTE]

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