HI vdownloader is most definitely malware.I believe I may have posted regarding that particular site when someone had suggested it in a previous post. the following site however is reliable but it may not be particularly accessible if you have serious visual impairment. http://www.listentoyoutube.com/after.php I hope this little nugget of information is of some help ATB Shaun On 30/09/2014 11:37, John Wilson wrote: > Hello Clive, > > I wwent to what I thought must be the website for the first of your > suggestions at: > > www.youtube-mp3.com <http://www.youtube-mp3.com> > > and downloaded something called the Vdownloader. > > Please confirm that the above is the correct site and that this > Vdownloader is waht I need. > > However, when I installed it, it seemed to also put a browser redirect > piece of software on my computer which was very undesirable and it > also would not uninstall. Eventually I found a free malware scanner > which got rid of it. My research on the net seems to suggest that > Vdownloader is a piece of malware also. > > Have you used this MP3 program and did you get similar results or,when > you said, go to: > > www.youtube-mp 3: )giving no extension) > > did you mean something else? > > from what you said, I thought you meant that it converts online and > you then download it but the place I went to did not do this but > instead provided this dodgy piece of software. > > What do you think? > > John. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2014 10:49 AM > *Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Free Youtube to MP3 Converter Version 2 needed > > Hi John, > > > > Have you tried comverting youtube videos to MP3 through either of > these websites: > > > > www.youtube-mp3 <http://www.youtube-mp3>: > > simple to use: Just paste in the U R L of the vid you want converted > hit entre an wait or look for the message that says: "Video > successfully converted", then download. It doesn't hike you off to > dodgy advertising pages or gambling sites. The draw back is that it > will only convert videos up to twenty minutes long. > > > > www.listentoyoutube-com <http://www.listentoyoutube-com> > > This has no size limit, but appears to be a little more complex to use > -- an extra stage to go through to grab your MP3, and sometimes throws > up a couple of nasties. It should ask you to if you want to open or > save your MP3 file. Sometimes though, it asks if you want to run or > save it. My advice when you see this is to run...a mile in the > opposite direction! > > > > > > Best, > > Clive > > > > > > *From:*access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *John Wilson > *Sent:* 24 September 2014 10:18 > *To:* Access UK > *Subject:* [access-uk] Free Youtube to MP3 Converter Version 2 needed > > > > Hello All, > > > > Does anyone have a copy of the setup file for Version 2 of the Free > Youtube to MP3 converter they could attach and send me? If so, please > let me know and I'll provide my email address for this. It should go > as an email attachment OK, I think, as its only about 3 Mb in size. > > > > I used to occasionally use this but lost it when I had to reinstall XP. > > > > I can get the newer Version 3X but it simply doesn't work properly for > me, not on either of my Xp or Win 8.1 machines with either JAWS or > NVDA. It's just not the same or as accessible. > > > > Thanks. > > John. > > > -- *_PRIVACY IS A BASIC RIGHT - NOT A CONCESSION _*