Safari Videos Unable to Play?

I have never had a problem with videos playing on safari. I often watch full episodes online, but within the last day all of the videos have been unable play. Videos on youtube and aol are just black boxes. I checked to see if my adobe flash is up to date and it is. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Use Chrome, or uninstall your Flash/Silverlight plugins and reinstall them. Reset Safari and try again.

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1. This comment applies to malicious software ("malware") that's installed unwittingly by the victim of a network attack. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the victim's computer. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it. If you have reason to suspect that you're the target of such an attack, you need expert help.
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A web operator who tells you that you have a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with your computer, or that you have won a prize in a contest you never entered, is trying to commit a crime with you as the victim. (Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.)
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Software of any kind downloaded from a BitTorrent or from a Usenet binary newsgroup is unsafe.
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