Accidentally clicked on a phishing link, anything I should look out for?
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[B]TL:DR:[/B] I didn't login, just opened a page, that's all. No data was stolen.
I was heading to bed and I really wasn't paying much attention, I looked up a Steam name up on Google, I was very careless at the moment and I somehow managed to click on a link that said "steamcomm[B]uu[/B]nity". It led me to a community page in Korean or Chinese or whatever, I tried to change the language but once I had seen the error message I realized that the website was bogus, I didn't download anything (or at least I have no idea if I did), and I didn't login.
I'm wondering if there are any ways to check if I recently downloaded anything through Firefox without knowing? Would it be possible for some malicious JavaScript code to be executed without me knowing? I'm also wondering if I should be on the lookout for any key loggers or any nasty crap like that.
I know that this is a really silly mistake but I was kinda in a hurry and it's kinda late here so I really somehow failed to notice, usually I'm a bit more paranoid about this kind of stuff. It's actually kinda embarassing for me but oh well, still I would rather not just wait for something to pop up.
[B]TL;DR 2:[/B] Clicked on a fishy Steam link from Google, didn't login or anything, I only tried to change the language, got an error, quickly got out of the website, anything bad I should check for?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/LqbwijX.png[/t]
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If you are wondering how it happened. I usually look up Steam profiles on Google by writing "steam community (profile name)" but this time I got lazy and wrote "steam (profile name)", eh... it's not perfectly safe but... NEVER AGAIN
I think, hopefully I'll be fine, still I wouldn't mind some tips.
Do you have any antivirus. If not download avast and malwarebytes and run a scan. Even if you don't, you are most likely fine.
Most of those phishing links only phish for passwords.
Just change your password for your Email accounts and Steam itself. I've been through the same experience and just changed my passwords, nothing bad happened. Someone I know clicked on one of those links and just did nothing but complain about it. The result was that his whole inventory was empty and his Steam account was hijacked.
[QUOTE=taipan;50217111]Do you have any antivirus. If not download avast and malwarebytes and run a scan. Even if you don't, you are most likely fine.[/QUOTE]
I already have those, tried some other stuff too. I really would've liked to know if I could keep track of any unauthorized downloads though.
[QUOTE=sheridanm;50217599]Most of those phishing links only phish for passwords.
Just change your password for your Email accounts and Steam itself. I've been through the same experience and just changed my passwords, nothing bad happened. Someone I know clicked on one of those links and just did nothing but complain about it. The result was that his whole inventory was empty and his Steam account was hijacked.[/QUOTE]
I haven't logged in or anything but I was planning on changing the passwords once I woke up. Again this was just some random Google link, not something someone had sent me. Thanks anyway.
Well phishing works by fishing your login from you by using a fake website as bait.
If you didn't log in you should be safe.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;50218070]Well phishing works by fishing your login from you by using a fake website as bait.
If you didn't log in you should be safe.[/QUOTE]
I said that in the TL:DR. I'll try to make my posts shorter though. I think the people who rated Winner didn't even bother to read what I said. :v:
I never actually lost my data, I just clicked on a stupid link and that's about it, not much else.
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