What Should I do if I Accidentally Click on a Phishing Link?

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✴️ If you accidentally click on a phishing link it might generally be benign if you catch it soon enough. If not, then you may need to take recovery actions to save your account and/or machine.

The most common result of clicking on a phishing link is that you’ll be taken to a fake sign asking you to sign in to one of your online accounts. As long as you don’t chances are you’ll be fine. If you do accidentally provide your credentials, your account might be hacked in mere moments. More complex phishing attempts may attempt to download and install malware. In all cases, take all steps to secure and recover your accounts, and secure your machine.

Chapters
0:00 Clicked on a phishing link
0:30 7 click is just a click
1:12 How they fish for passwords
1:50 A failed sign in
2:55 Change your password
3:32 Malware delivery
4:29 When in doubt, assume the worse
4:40 change your password, run anti-malware scan

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What to do in that moment of regret? First thing... stop!

askleonotenboom

thanks Leo for the reassurance. i recently clicked on a banking phishing link and started to panic just because of malware hacking.

marier.

i feel like the advice of "assume the worst" acctually applies really well to this type of stuff lol

David-lfdc

Thank you so much Leo! I pressed a fake link and I logged in.After I realized that the website is fake, I immediately changed my password.This really helped reassure me because I have been panicking for the whole day.

oreothecat

Oh gosh this is such a relief. Recently I’ve been getting repeated messages of my phone account missing 600 dollars of payment. I tried blocking the number but they somehow kept messaging and calling me. Just a while ago I clicked the link attached to the message and got to a website and recognized it was fake without pressing anything, I was still scared out of my mind tho!

star-crossedallies

Thank you for confirming just going to the link is generally okay

phonepup

well you have to be aware and close it immediately before it loads and the phishing process is complete and calm down, second of all, restart your router, because it replaces your ip with another newer one, thus making the ip in the phisher useless and not usable, thus making his work against you undone and lastly to maintain your safety, for making sure no risks, use VPN. all of this totally ends that threat whatever it is.

blackfire

so as long as I don’t put any information in, am I fine??? bc I accidentally clicked on a spam link and clicked off it

calebs

I accidentally click a phishing link but I close it fast. When I close it it's still loading am I safe?

mrepicdog

*"Now... You might just be screwed."*
🤣🤣🤣

JynxedKoma

Hey Leo, is there any kind of app or chrome add on to stop you from entering a phishing link’s website? Or a blocker that immediately stops you from entering? Please tell me as I am worried of getting a phishing link.

jhnza

Hi Leo, if I accidentally clicked on an email Link that I thought is from my bank, and when a page open and it is still running, I manage to immediately close it as soon as I realise the website address is not right, do you think I am still safe or should I worry?

pompei

Thank you for this video. Its good to watch these to be informed on these kind of things!

ImPatrickStarl

I accidentally clicked on a phishing link in a spam text. I didn’t give any card info, but since then my phone’s been getting bombarded with spam texts. Does this mean phone is hacked?😞

chelsea.guy.

I was in a website and accidentally clicked on the ad and it showed me “your personal information may be at risk” i was stunned after some min or sec? I got out of that website and closed the tap from google, is everything going to be okay? What should I do or what should I look out for?

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