Hey guys,
So basically I accidentally clicked on some dodgy website link, and immediately upon entering there was a pop up window that appeared for like 1 second before disappearing. I got paranoid, so I tried entering the same website on my PC (I have ESET) and it told me it terminated connection to: JS/Redirector.QKM Trojan.
Now I’m really scared if my phone could have gotten infected since it didn’t have any antivirus protection? I didn’t click on anything on the website itself and obviously didn’t download anything, but still, I heard of cases where websites can automatically download malware into your device and Android phones are not exactly immune.
What should I do? Factory reset? Could my files/passwords have gotten compromised? Am I just being paranoid for no reason? Thanks in advance…
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TLDR: You’re probably safe
Long answer:
Theoretically its possible that you actually got infected but extremely unlikely simply by visiting a website, something like this requires extreme sophistication and things like this are generally done by governments.
In your case if you simply clicked a dodgy link, what the people who host those website do is that they host thousands of scam websites in hopes for victims to fall in to them, if one of them goes down then there is more that are still running.
Unlikely unless there was a vulnerability in the OS. I don’t know if you’ve ever installed an APK manually but you need to confirm with package installer before you do that, so if you didn’t, the only thing that could have happened is maybe your browser got an extension installed. Even then, the browser is supposed to ask for confirmation. If you installed an unknown app, you might have a problem; if not, you’re probably fine. If you don’t notice any weird behaviour on your phone, I don’t think there’s probable cause to suspect you got malware on it.
You’re fine.
I’m no tech wizard, but I’d just clear my cookies/history from whatever web browser was being used. I’d think that as long as you didn’t enter any passwords/login into or personal info, then it’s ok
You’re most likely fine.
The most common “virus” I’ve encountered on phones is accidentally allowing a dodgy site notification access. It’ll then proceed to send spam every minute or so, I’ve had remove it from a couple of boomers phones.