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1JohnDavid1
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Apr 04, 2018
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phishing email or authentic? How to know

I received a NETGEAR notice of a firmware update, but th elinks went to "click.e.netgear.com" which did not seem right to me.  The email looked auithtic and I was able to obtain the current update vi...
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schumaku
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Apr 04, 2018

Discussed and explained several times in the community.

 

1JohnDavid1wrote:

I received a NETGEAR notice of a firmware update, but th elinks went to "click.e.netgear.com" which did not seem right to me.

What should be wrong with that?

 

1JohnDavid1 wrote:

The email looked auithtic and I was able to obtain the current update via NETGEAR Genie (avoiding all links in the email. 

Definitivley authentic - assuming you received the same as everyobody else.

1JohnDavid1wrote:

Scammers are getting crafty.

Netgear isn't really crafty - it's a lame message, reminding to many receivers as Scam.