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submitted 10 months ago by isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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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@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

why would you open it lmao

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 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?

[–] agileharddisk@lemmy.today 5 points 10 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?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Yup, noscript 😋

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