opened attachment on phishing email on IPHONE

I received a phishing email from "apple" and as I was scrolling through the email, I accidentally hit the attachment and opened it on my IPHONE. But I DID NOT give any information. Is my phone ok or is there malware or a virus that I should be worried about running in the background? I use apps that require passwords that are very important on my phone but now affraid to open those apps?

Posted on Dec 4, 2019 11:36 AM

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Kappy

Level 10

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Dec 4, 2019 11:46 AM in response to worrywart2019

Yes, you should be OK.

Dec 4, 2019 12:10 PM in response to Kappy

Ok, thank you so much! These phishing emails are getting bad. My daughter and I have received several over the last few days!

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