I did a long press preview of a link that was either phishing or spyware/malware. I am not tech savvy, and I am kind of freaking out.
I got a text message late at night while I was going to bed about my Netflix account, with one hand I went to go back to my messages and brushed over the link where it opened. While the link was still black and I assume loading I closed it and cleared my history and went to sleep. (I use safari, but I am not logged in to any email account)
I have severe OCD and I started worrying about it, so in the morning I did a long press over the link to preview it (it was a HTTPS link to "account-review") and after a few seconds of loading it was a white screen with a checkmark that said "success". I let go of the preview obviously, and went to clear my history as that seemed like a good idea, but the website was not there. Clearly, this was not Netflix. I put my phone on airplane mode because I am now worried about spyware/malware/viruses etc.
I did not enter any personal information or accept any download prompt, but I am worried that when it was loading while I previewed it, that it injected something into my phone. I am having a lot of anxiety over it, and I was wondering if this is unfounded. I checked my apps and I don't think I see anything new installed or anything and I checked profiles under VPN but nothing is there except an option to add a school profile or turn on VPN.
I am sure this seems stupid to anyone reading who is knowledgable, but I am just not a tech guy so this is concerning to me.