Am I Overreacting for panicking after clicking on a phishing link?
Hi all!
A regular paranoid mistake-maker here!
I kindly request some help identifying whether I should factory-reset my phone.
I have no experience in cyber-security and would love for someone to help me calm down. I feel like I am severely overreacting.
This is the situation:
This morning I got an email that somebody tried to access one of my accounts.
As a complete blithering idiot, I clicked on the big button i should not press without checking the sender, which clearly ended up being a fake account.
The link opened, routing me through some sql link to a sketchy crypto-newswebsite.
I identified no pop-ups that asked for permissions, no pop ups that mentioned an ongoing download and no pop ups that said my phone was in danger or anything stupid
I immediately closed the website and did the following things:
- Shut down WIFI and Mobile Data
- Scanned my phone using MalwareBytes and Google Play Protect (no threats found)
- Checked my internal downloads folder, my FireFox downloads folder and my Chrome downloads folder (I found no new downloads or apks that were installed)
- Started up internet again
- Updated my MalwareBytes threat detection
- Scanned my phone again using MalwareBytes and Google Play Protect (no threats found)
- Deleted my browsing history, my cookies and my cache for both Firefox and Chrome
I have the feeling that this is less of a concern than the pop-ups that I get when I watch anime streams. But I just wanted to make sure.
Can I feel safe opening my personal data apps again on my phone, or would you suggest a hard factory reset, just to be safe?
I haven't changed all my passwords yet, but I am inclined to at least change my email passwords just to be safe.
Kind regards,
A concerned user