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I was sent a video link from someone. I am wondering if a VLC player is able to protect my computer if the vid has something attached to it? Last thing I need to do is ruin my lt that I use for college. If not will it work just fine if I install both the player and the vid to a usb drive and play it off that? Thank you.

Please answer if you can help me yes the question is serious.