Solved How can I stop McAffee 'Email" notifications?

[Mike Lynch]

I get a lot of them.

I do not have or use McAffee at all.

Is there a way to block or eliminate them?

 

[townsbg]

It might help to explain more about what is going on.

 

[Mike Lynch]

McAfee!

This is the message I keep getting.

Again, I have never used or subscribed the McAfee.

Why its so small when I paste it is a mystery to me.

Perhaps I can Attach it.

 

[townsbg]

I'm not sure short of marking it as spam. Is it legit? Likely not. How to Stop Spam Emails and Declutter Your Inbox - PureWow

 

[Mike Lynch]

To: townsbg,

I was going to try and implement the suggestions in the Article you sent me but before doing it, something else started to occur.

Now, all of my Incoming Email goes directly into the Spam Folder!

I'm really afraid to do anything at this point.

Perhaps I should rename the Spam folder INBOX and vice versa.

What a dilemma.

 

[file3456]

No, don't do anything like that. You'll create yourself an even bigger pain.

I'd like to see the headers of the email. If you don't know how to find the option to view the headers, then Google search how to do it for your mail client or hoster like gmail, Yahoo, etc. Send me the headers in a private message though because you'll inadvertently expose your email address.

Once I look at it and can verify it really is a McCarefree email, I'll tell you what to do. I'll also share some tips on what you should do to help prevent spam and how to deal with it.

I'm here to tell you I'm like some "one percenter" in that I seldom EVER get spam. Or for that matter spam texts and spam phone calls. How is that even possible? The biggest is how you dish out your contact Info., i.e your email address and phone number. Second involves knowing you to deal with it and reporting it.

For me, I went so far as to report the BS spam to the Federal Trade Commission. But they don't do that anymore and apparently run some kind of email blackhole catch all now or something. For phone spam crap, I report that to the FCC. It's just a report though. They don't act on it and just compile the BS and act on it when necessary. But it seems to have worked because I used to get constant calls from a diploma mill and now those calls are gone. Though, I must have made ten FCC complaints. LOL The spam calls were more than likely due to the previous owner of my phone number. (Phone numbers get recycled).

Anyway, send me a PM (Private Message) with the headers to this McAfee email and I'll look at it.

 

[townsbg]

There used to be a website that you could supply the email and they would analyze it and provide recommendations however I was unable to find it. Since they easily change the sending email really the only useful thing you can do is make sure that the email goes to spam. If it isn't automatically doing so look for a spam button. If you can't get that to work set up automatic filtering.

 

[file3456]

So, usually if these emails are legit they'll have an unsubscribe link. But, BUT! there are some caveats to using that. One is that if the email isn't legit from begin with, which might be the case from this supposed McAfee email, then only bad things can potentially happen clicking on that supposed unsubscribe link. The other is that if you click the unsubscribe link, you'll probably end up on yet another sht list. So, I'd like to see the headers to verify the sender is really McAfee. Or, just do what I do and send the headers on over to spamcop (run by Cisco). Don't click any unsubscribe link once so ever. It's, junk, it's crap, it's spam, and now it goes to spamcop where they will, on your behalf send emails to whoever facilitated the email, i.e. the hosters.

ThioJoe did a great job on explaining how to read email headers. I highly recommend his channel. How to Spot Any Spoofed & Fake Email (Ultimate Guide) - YouTube

This may sound weird, but he always reminds me of what I looked liked in my 20s. LOL Not so anymore... fat. Medication will do that to a person.

Nirsoft also has his IPNetInfo, but it's more for getting the IP addresses via a WHIOIS lookup. Nice, but not something I really need and will NOT tell you about a scam email. It can facilitate that assumption though with some know how. IPNetInfo: Retrieve IP Address Information from WHOIS servers

I need to write about how to use email in a more secure way on my website. There is so much that one needs to know it isn't even funny. Most people probably wouldn't even bother with securing their email anyway. It's just too cumbersome for most. As with all security and privacy mitigations.

Since vBulletin's search facility is a load of crap, I used some "Google dork" (look it up) and couldn't find my post on this forum relating to how to use email filters. That is one huge thing ANYONE should do. This is the exact Google Dork: insite: sevenforums.com "filter" "f22simpilot" I also used: insite: sevenforums.com "email" "f22simpilot"

Posts are probably deleted. I don't give a crap.