r/antivirus • u/Beautiful-Load-4815 • 7h ago

Made a mistake! Need help!

So i got a couple spam mails, that basicly were 100% phising links, like about mcafee subs expiring and such.

And some inner demons took over and i accidently clicked one of the mails, and it just basicly redirected me to googles front page.

Ofcourse i have been panicking that maybe i got hit by a some sort of the infostealer, but none of antivirus tools i tried dont seems to find anything.

So im asking that could some expert help to debunk these links, tried couple sites myself.

One of them said its a phising, but the others said its safe since it redirects to googles frontpage.

"http://appforauthors.site/g5dl166ssfb98279px5770jdk63592v444124i0c22019?FOTXLHLRJG"

"http://appforauthors.site/o1bm166gtxe98076in5770kcp63592e448252k0x22019"

So, did i fuck up and get hit by somesort of infostealer?

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u/Vequinox17 7h ago

There is no indication that your device is infected with infostealer malware simply because you accidentally clicked on a phishing website. As long as you didn't enter any login credentials, download and execute any suspicious files, or grant any malicious permissions, the risk of infection is generally low.

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u/SimpleKaleidoscope28 6h ago

its fairly unlikely that u will get a virus or infostealer simply by clicking a link, as long as u didnt download or enter any log ins and such