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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why would you open it lmao

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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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] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Yup, noscript 😋