Malware from YouTube video link?

I was on my Macbook, and opened the file out of curiosity (figuring if it was malware, with a name like "MSGLG" it would likely be written for Windows instead of MacOS) - what I got was a YouTube page featuring some lame cartoon. 
Does this malware install automatically? And is it known to affect Macs? 

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