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

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[–] Zess@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)
[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

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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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Yup, noscript 😋

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