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I cannot go to the McAfee website. It is blocked

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I am trying to download McAfee and cannot get to the website. The red fox pops up and blocks the site.

I am trying to download McAfee and cannot get to the website. The red fox pops up and blocks the site.

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this appears to be caused by the "fox web security" addon then. please look into its options or disable it altogether if it doesn't function correctly.

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hi, what is the exact address/url of the website where you try downloading from?

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would you be able to do a screenshot of that "red fox" and attach it here? (i'm not aware of any security feature in firefox that would look like this)

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I can't get to McAfee with any web browser that I have installed. https://www.mcafee.com/

Not a Firefox problem. It's a DNS issue or maybe a DDoS attack on that domain - or maybe they forgot to pay their domain registration fee??

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McAfee has been taken over by Intel.

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This website is not allowed.

home.mcafee.com

Reason for the lock: This website may harm your computer and your personal information. (Comodo DNS) Fox Web Security expresses its gratitude to the following DNS services which provide more security for the users:

   Yandex.DNS
   OpenDNS
   Norton ConnectSafe
   Comodo DNS
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this appears to be caused by the "fox web security" addon then. please look into its options or disable it altogether if it doesn't function correctly.

Disable or remove Add-ons