• Zerush
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    2 years ago

    Maybe because VLC permits the download in streaming of Videos from YT and others.

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      According to Videolan org there is officially no motive communicated yet, but as the article points out there’s a correlation that some viruses used forked VLC as a means of reaching targets lately. It’s not far-fetched to imagine that someone, somewhere in an office who has no idea what “compiling” even means thought they need to block the (official) VLC website to stop the infections.

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        Ok, the usual problem of legislators who correct a Word document with Tip-Ex