How to Choose Safe YouTube Converter?

If you have ever had problems with freeware, you’ll be really precautious before installing any new software. Needless to say, if it concerns YouTube conversion, you’d like to check reliability of an unknown YouTube converter twice.

LIST OF SAFE youtube to mp3 CONVERTERS
It’s hard to provide a long list of safe YouTube converters. There are only 3 YouTube multimedia converters that are worth downloading:

  1. Freemake YouTube MP3 Converter;
  2. aTube Catcher by Diego Uscanga;
  3. Free Studio by DVDVideoSoft.
YOUTUBE SOFTWARE SAFETY TIPS
Anyway, even using YouTube converting freeware it’s highly recommended to be careful. Before clicking a download button, you’d better take a look at these 5 key safety tips:
 
1. Download YouTube Converter from a well-known site.
Take all the advantages of Google search and land at a popular download sites like Cnet or Softonic. They usually test freeware before publishing it on their site. If you prefer to get software from a developer’s website, then make sure it doesn’t redirect you to weird sites, open pop-ups or ask for personal information (logins, passwords, credit card details, mailing address, etc).
 
2. Look for freeware reviews.
If you download a famous YouTube converter, it has dozens of reviews from editors and ordinary people. Read them carefully and compare them. Top magazines like PCWorld or PCMag provide detailed editorial descriptions and their option. But remember user reviews or comments might be biased and you shouldn’t trust only users’ ratings.
 
3. Scan a download with antivirus.
If you decided to download a YouTube converter, your next step should be an antivirus check-up. You can use your antivirus or a web service like VirusTotal.com that analyzes each file with a bunch of antivirus programs. Getting no alerts will mean that the new YouTube converter is likely to be safe to run.
 
4. Don’t enter excessive personal info, if it’s not necessary.
If you can watch a YouTube video without login in your YouTube account, then a converter doesn’t need this data. If a YouTube to MP3 tool asks you for credit card data, PayPal email, or other sensitive info, beware of it.
 
5. Make sure you download videos from YouTube website.
Some YouTube converters launch a web browser inside the program and suggest you to search for videos there. If you use such freeware, look at a URL line and see, whether it’s YouTube or not.
 
The last but not the least advice: test your YouTube converter, it should work as described without any breakdowns and scary alerts. You can download the safe YouTube converter by Freemake for free here.
 
And always use your common sense. If a program looks suspicious, ask about it at comments below, we’ll be glad to help!