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Could a link hack my phone without malware
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<blockquote data-quote="Ramad700" data-source="post: 958538" data-attributes="member: 93102"><p>A week ago I opened one of the links that started to appear since August 2020 using that "anniversary celebration" phishing scheme</p><p></p><p>I received it from a friend and after confirming from my friend in a phone call that he was the one who sent the link he also told me to open it so he can win the prize I did what he asked for</p><p></p><p>It was a carrefour 54th anniversary celebration website</p><p>I saw the website was poorly made as if it came from a redirecting game's cracking website</p><p>I was stupid enough to continue </p><p>First thing was 4 basic questions </p><p>Phone's os, my age, my gender, overall opinion</p><p></p><p>Second was to chose 3 out of 9 boxes</p><p>Third was to share to 20 friends and 5 groups</p><p>Here all I did was press the "share" button and then go back (without actually sending to anyone) and it will count </p><p>Did it many times until I made to the 4th step</p><p>"Download our app to win"</p><p>Here I was like "no thanks"</p><p>I left the website immediately and did everything I could.do</p><p>-Change passwords</p><p>-clear browser cache and data</p><p>-scanned with 4 different antiviruses (no threat found)</p><p>-turned my phone off and on (Incase of any malicious processes hiding the ram)</p><p>-checked for malware manually and still found nothing (even checked system apps)</p><p>A week passed and no malicious activity at all </p><p></p><p>But I am very paranoid about such stuff and I know I am very stupid to have opened that link (and my friend later confirmed it was a scam)</p><p></p><p>Since the link didn't download any kind of malware (atleast from what I can tell)</p><p></p><p>Could I still be hacked in any way?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ramad700, post: 958538, member: 93102"] A week ago I opened one of the links that started to appear since August 2020 using that "anniversary celebration" phishing scheme I received it from a friend and after confirming from my friend in a phone call that he was the one who sent the link he also told me to open it so he can win the prize I did what he asked for It was a carrefour 54th anniversary celebration website I saw the website was poorly made as if it came from a redirecting game's cracking website I was stupid enough to continue First thing was 4 basic questions Phone's os, my age, my gender, overall opinion Second was to chose 3 out of 9 boxes Third was to share to 20 friends and 5 groups Here all I did was press the "share" button and then go back (without actually sending to anyone) and it will count Did it many times until I made to the 4th step "Download our app to win" Here I was like "no thanks" I left the website immediately and did everything I could.do -Change passwords -clear browser cache and data -scanned with 4 different antiviruses (no threat found) -turned my phone off and on (Incase of any malicious processes hiding the ram) -checked for malware manually and still found nothing (even checked system apps) A week passed and no malicious activity at all But I am very paranoid about such stuff and I know I am very stupid to have opened that link (and my friend later confirmed it was a scam) Since the link didn't download any kind of malware (atleast from what I can tell) Could I still be hacked in any way? [/QUOTE]
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