McAfee Security Centre Spam
June 26th, 2008
Let me ask you: would you buy security software (which protects you from spam) from this company?
That’s a grand total of 20 spam e-mails reminding me to renew my McAfee subscription, with the first in September of last year. 9 months later, I’m still recieving them at what seems to be an increasing rate. You can also see that “last chance to renew” and “offers end soon” don’t mean that.
For the curious, I uninstalled McAfee after a single day of having it on my system.
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Yet another email.
Reply-To: “McAfee”
From: “McAfee”
Subject: You’re Expired, SAVE 30% on New SecurityCenter - 2 Years
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:43 -0700
YOU’LL FEEL BETTER KNOWING YOU’RE COVERED. You’ll also feel really smart, knowing that you renewed your out-of-date protection with new McAfee SecurityCenter and saved 30% off the regular price.
And another
From: McAfee UK
Subject: PC Protection Savings: Up to 30% off New SecurityCenter
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:12:12 -0700
Renew McAfee SecurityCenter and save up to 30%.
YOUR MCAFEE PROTECTION EXPIRED 15/06/2008.
And another…
From: McAfee UK
Subject: You’re Expired - SAVE UP TO 30% on SecurityCenter Renewal
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:18:29 -0700
YOUR MCAFEE PROTECTION EXPIRED 15/06/2008.
You may not be aware how risky your lapsed coverage can be.
Over 8,300 new viruses and Trojans attack and infect PCs
online each month (that’s one every five minutes).*
With new SecurityCenter guarding your valuable computer,
you get automatic daily updates to help keep your PC safe
from these new threats.
You simply can’t afford to remain unprotected, so renew
your coverage with powerful new SecurityCenter and
save up to 30%.
[...] After doing a bit of digging around, it turns out today’s anti-virus update is corrupt because AVG failed to provide the .bin file. Annoying it certainly is but don’t reinstall AVG or anything: simply wait until tommorow’s update is released and all should hopefully be well. Besides, it’s nowhere near as annoying as McAfee. [...]
And another…
From: McAfee UK
Subject: OFFER ENDS 30/9 - Save 50% on SecurityCenter Renewal
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:01:33 -0700
Here’s a very exciting opportunity that truly deserves the spotlight. Right now, you can renew your out-of-date SecurityCenter coverage and save 50%.
You may not be aware how risky your lapsed protection can be. Over 100,000 new viruses, Trojans and other threats attack online users each month (that’s one every 23 seconds).*
With powerful McAfee SecurityCenter guarding your computer, you get automatic daily updates to help keep your valuable PC safe from these new threats.
This deal will close before you know it, so act now to save on SecurityCenter. Don’t wait, because these special renewal offers expire 30 September 2008. Renew now.