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Not necessarily, as long as you watch videos that have the small "play" triangle looking icon on the video you are fine. It will play the video through Yahoo but if you click on a video that doesn't have one that's were your virus will come from.

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No, unless you download something from the video description, it is not possible.

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Nope, but it's always good to use best antivirus software like kaspersky, comodo etc......

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If the people who run the site are dishonest or don't make sure they have good security, then yes you can get a virus from a video site.

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