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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(the link is not paid for, nor does it go to, McAfee, it's malware)

Can't wait to fully migrate to Proton.

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[–] Zess 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

why would you open it lmao

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I didn't at first, I went through the kebab menu to report it, and it tells me which domain it points to.

I did click it eventually out of curiosity because I'm on Firefox with an ad blocker and privacy tools.

The link within actually goes to McAfee, but I'm guessing it's some sort of smart switcher where it sometimes sends you to a fake checkout page?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't it *leading to McAfee be scummy enough as is?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Fr lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I did click it eventually out of curiosity because I'm on Firefox with an ad blocker and privacy tools.

with javascripts being disabled, right? right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yup, noscript 😋

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's not McAfee, check the URL at the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm aware, the "renew subscription" button goes to McAfee, this is a scam page