suspect mcafee link

Started by mspice, May 23, 2020, 06:36:58 PM

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mspice

I recently upgraded to windows 10 and to renew my virus program i bought a mcafee subscription off of ebay. the ebay seller sent a link in a n ebay email and I clicked on the link because it looked legit and ran it but nothing happened after that. its an exe file 40mb and my it buddy says that is too big. I think I may have downloaded something hazardous. can anyone out there check this file and tell me what it is? is it dangerous trojan or something. mcafee did not start or install as far as I know, I deleted the old mcafee before upgrading to win10. so now all I have is windows defender.
thank you for any advice

https://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/csis/en-us/18.4.134/1/CSISSetup.exe?

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I clicked on the link and I had the option to download it but I don't trust anything like that. You already have Windows Defender as your AV. Why do you want another? WD is all you need.
Windows 8 and Windows 10 dual boot with two SSD's

mspice

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I just upgraded my os to 10 last night and my mcafee had expired so I figured I might as well renew it.  in the past 10 years or more I always had mcafee because 2nd party seemed the way to go and it came installed on my laptop. after running the download link and nothing happened I called my IT buddy and he said defender is all anyone needs now.. now I know, I have not reinstalled Mcafee but im wondering if the download was a virus or fishing program.  the ebay account I bought it from sounds Nigerian.. not trying to stereotype but Nigeria is well known for their scams. Im hoping that someone with more knowledge than me can look at the file and see exactly what I ran..
thanks

Lisa_maree

Hi
The link is legit, it is the first part of the McAfee install and from the serial number will install the components of McAfee which you purchased with the subscription.
If you exited out of the install before it finished then it cleans up all the changes so no harm done. If you don't intend to use Mcafee there is a website to apply for a refund.
The site is found with a search for     mcafee refund support
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mspice

thank you very much for your time. if you guys have a donation page let me know.

Trufflepig

Lisa is right, it is legit, McAfee just confirmed it is a genuine download. This version of Mcafee is provided to corporates for up to 20-40 users at a time. The service is registered in the name on an 'administrator' and you will simply be one of many users on that system.  The only difference between this and the home version is that you will not be able to manage renewal in 5 years, for £3 for 5 years I'm happy with that.