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<blockquote data-quote="RoboMan" data-source="post: 1116811" data-attributes="member: 53544"><p>If you did it on your iPad you're just fine. These kind of e-mails, if there's a malware file present, it's designed for Windows, not iOS. Moreover, even if there was a malware file present in the URL and you did click download (which you didn't), it would download an invisible file. Unless it's exploiting a browser or OS vulnerability (then we're talking mostly about a targeted attack, but you're no politician or celebrity I guess), the only way the malware file were to dissapear, is if after downloading it you executed it, and the instructions of the malware were to delete the parent file and operate with a payload.</p><p></p><p>The chances all these steps happened in your scenario are close to 0. Also, your antivirus didn't detect anything. So you're fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoboMan, post: 1116811, member: 53544"] If you did it on your iPad you're just fine. These kind of e-mails, if there's a malware file present, it's designed for Windows, not iOS. Moreover, even if there was a malware file present in the URL and you did click download (which you didn't), it would download an invisible file. Unless it's exploiting a browser or OS vulnerability (then we're talking mostly about a targeted attack, but you're no politician or celebrity I guess), the only way the malware file were to dissapear, is if after downloading it you executed it, and the instructions of the malware were to delete the parent file and operate with a payload. The chances all these steps happened in your scenario are close to 0. Also, your antivirus didn't detect anything. So you're fine. [/QUOTE]
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