Hello community,
I’m an idiot and I accidentally clicked on a “pdf” in one of those stupid PayPal phishing emails while I was scrolling.
I have outlook for iPhone.
How worried should i be? What should I do now?
i don’t notice anything weird — just paranoid. Thank you for any recommendations.
Any recommendations on what I should do now?
iPhone XS
Agree with stedman1 with regard to limited risk on clicking a PDF, the other risk are links that when triggered invite you to infill data, again, as long as you haven’t done anything like that I believe you have nothing to worry about.
I’m no expert on how the inner workings of iOS manage Apps etc, but I believe it’s setup in such a way as to prevent what you describe causing an issue.
Agree with stedman1 with regard to limited risk on clicking a PDF, the other risk are links that when triggered invite you to infill data, again, as long as you haven’t done anything like that I believe you have nothing to worry about.
I’m no expert on how the inner workings of iOS manage Apps etc, but I believe it’s setup in such a way as to prevent what you describe causing an issue.
You're phone cannot get a virus. And opening a PDF on an iPhone is perfectly safe. If it has a link in it don't click on the link or answer any information that it asks for. That's really the only risk.
Clicking on a PDF can not adversely affect your iPhone.
Thanks everyone for your help. I'm going to stop freaking out, for now.
Best wishes for 2019!
Thanks, helpful discussion.
It's a little different, though...that was about an apple phishing scam...mine was about a paypal phishing scam on an apple device.
I sent the email to spoof@paypal.com
Still worried about a virus in my phone. will try that Etrecheck service.
Any other ideas?
Clicked a phishing PDF on iPhone — what should I do?
