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

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

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?

[-] agileharddisk@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago

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 ๐Ÿ˜‹

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