Linking a YouTube Video in Indesign

All I want is a picture that when clicked will go to a YouTube video. The document is in Indesign 6 and I am exporting as an interactive PDF. When it's opened as a PDF and I click the link I get an error saying that "Google detected suspicious activity"
Is this Google or did I do something wrong?

Ellis,
I wish I could replicate your results.
How exactly did you insert the hyperlink into InDesign? What hyperlink is it?
This is what I did with no problems:
I went to a YouTube video and copied the URL from the link area in Chrome (or Safari).
I switched to my InDesign document, selected an object, opened the Hyperlinks panel, pasted the URL into the little field in the Hyperlinks panel, a new hyperlink appeared, I deselected the object. All the ? and = signs stayed in the link.
I also pasted the URL as text into an InDesign text frame. I used the Hyperlinks panel menu command to convert all URLs into hyperlinks. All the ? and = signs stayed in the link.
I also pasted the URL as text into an InDesign text frame, but did not use the hyperlinks panel. All the ? and = signs stayed in the link.
I exported the file and opened it in Acrobat. I clicked the first hyperlink. The video opened in my default (Chrome) browser.
I clicked the second hyperlink. The video opened in my default (Chrome) browser.
I clicked the third URL. Acrobat had added a hyperlink to the URL. The video opened in my default (Chrome) browser.
If you're doing somethintg else, I'd love to know what it is. Or what is this strange link that doesn't work.

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