Advice - opened a bank phishing email by accident

book12

I received an email from my bank. The subject line seems genuine, so I clicked on it.

After opening it, there is a link that needs to be clicked on. The link specifically says the bank's website. However, I hovered over the link, and at the bottom of the browser, it indicates that the link is not the banks website, so I didn't click on it. Then I noticed that the email is fake.

Will I still be infected, as I opened the email and not the link contained in the email?

waddler_8

No, you'll be ok.

ballyblack

That phishing email should have went into your Spam folder



What email do you use?

macman

Even if you had clicked on the lnk, it wouldn't necessarily cause an infection. The primary purpose here is to make you 'log in' and then capture your login details, which are then used to access your account.

Benet

It's unlikely, but a scan with an up to date anti virus program wouldn't hurt.

Firetastic

My dad got a similar sort of email from Paypal asking him to type in his details as they wanted to update them or something like that. The givaway was the spelling mistake Pavpal.

As other people have said you're unlikely to be infected.

matttye

The answer is: it's impossible to say with the information we have.

People are always discovering new exploits/vulnerabilities in software, so there's always a risk of opening anything.

As Benet said, it's unlikely but a scan would be wise.