What is y2mate.Com?

Like many other websites of this type, y2mate.Com offers its users an audio and video download service. It is designed to download videos and audios from YouTube website. It is not a dangerous or malicious website; however, it contains various advertisements and its use means that various questionable websites will load automatically. Besides, it is not legal to download YouTube videos.

Y2Mate Youtube Downloader

First of all, y2mate is one of many websites that ask for permission to display your notifications. Typically, allowing those pages to display them often leads to various irrelevant notifications, pop-ups, etc. If clicked, they lead to unreliable websites. It is not recommended to trust such websites and give them permission to display your notifications. Additionally, y2mate contains various advertisements that, when clicked, either open suspicious pages or run code designed to download and install other PUAs. The same applies to ads displayed on pages that are opened while using y2mate [.] Com services. Besides, part of the opened pages could be fraudulent websites. Some scammers use these websites to promote suspicious apps, others urge users to buy them (or pay money for their “technical service”). One way or another, it is not recommended to trust any of those websites or apps promoted through them. Typically, scammers try to trick users into downloading them by designing fraudulent pages that display fake alerts for viruses, errors, etc. In other words, its purpose is to make people believe that there is something wrong with their computers or operating systems and that they should use the offered products or services immediately. Also, the pages opened through y2mate [.] Com could contain offers to various browser hijackers, adware-type apps, etc. If installed, apps of this type usually cause various problems of privacy, security in browsers, etc.

How to Download YouTube videos with y2mate

Y2mate is another website that allows you to download YouTube videos in MP4, or convert them to MP3 or audio, just follow these instructions:

• Enter the y2mate website .
• In the red box, copy the address of the YouTube video you want to download.
• Choose the resolution in which you want to download your video:
• 1080p (Full-HD high quality)
• 720p (m-HD quality good enough)
• 360p (lower quality)
• 240p (low quality)
• Click “Download” and wait for the video to load in a new window.
• To finish, click on “Download” again.
• Open the Downloads folder on your PC to play the video.

How to install y2mate to prevent unwanted applications

First of all, we highly recommend downloading the desired software only from official sources using the direct download URL. Avoid using software download wizards, installers, torrent clients, and other P2P networks or official websites to download software. Look at what’s in the advanced or custom sections and other sections of the setup wizard and discard any bundled (bundled) apps that you don’t want. If you constantly come across advertisements that redirect you to suspicious websites (for example, adult dating, gambling, pornography, and other sites), check your web browser for recently added unwanted or unknown extensions, add-ons, and unwanted software at his team. The same applies to the programs installed on your computer

How to install y2mate Google Chrome (PC):

• Click on the Menu (three dots) in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Select “Settings”, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click “Advanced Settings”.
• Keep scrolling down to the “Privacy and Security” section, select “Content Settings” and then “Notifications”.
• Click the three dots on the right side of each suspicious URL and click “block” or “remove” (if you click
• “Remove” and visit the malicious site again, it will ask you again if you want to enable notifications )

How to install y2mate Google Chrome (Android):

• Click on the Menu (three dots) in the upper right corner of the screen and click on “Settings”.
• Scroll down to “Site Settings” and then select “Notifications”.
• In the new window, locate all the suspicious URLs and click on them one by one.
• Select “Notifications” in the “Permissions” section and press the off button.

How to install y2mate Mozilla Firefox:

• Click on the Menu (three bars) in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Select “Options” and click “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar on the left of the screen.
• Go down to the “Permissions” section and click the “Settings” button next to “Notifications”.
• In the new window, locate all suspicious URLs, click on the drop-down menu and select “block”.

How to install y2mate Internet Explorer:

• Click the wheel button in the upper right of the Internet Explorer window.
• Select “Internet Options”.
• Select the “Privacy” tab and click “Settings” in the “Item Blocker” section.
• Select the suspicious URLs and remove them one by one by clicking the “Remove” button.

How to install y2mate Microsoft Edge:

• Click the Menu (three dots) in the upper right corner of the Edge screen.
• Navigate down to the “Settings” option.
• Keep browsing down and click “View advanced settings”.
• Click “Manage” under “Website Permissions”.
• Click the on / off button on every suspicious website you see.

How to install y2mate Safari (Mac):

• Click the “Safari” button at the bottom of the screen and select “Preferences …”.
• Select the “Websites” tab and then select the “Notifications” section on the left panel.
• Check the suspicious URLs and apply the “Reject” option on each one.

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