- Mar 15, 2003
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I recently visited a site for a local business. I searched it through Google, too. I won't name the site or business here.
Upon loading it, I got a weird load screen, and then what I thought was just another captcha:
Now I'm not proud of this, but I absent-mindedly hit Allow since it's a valid site (or should be) and I thought it was actual captcha (yeah...). Very absent-minded, and I was tired.
Going forward, every few minutes I'd get a notification on my phone with your usual bullshit "your phone is at risk click here" nonsense. I never clicked, obviously.
I cleared my Chrome cache and history (I think?) and it seems to have fixed things. However, I'm paranoid. What else can I do? Play Protect finds nothing. My phone system was updated when it all happened.
Oh, also, should I contact Google about my finding a compromised site? They are literally directing people to it, people that would fall for this totally.
Upon loading it, I got a weird load screen, and then what I thought was just another captcha:
Now I'm not proud of this, but I absent-mindedly hit Allow since it's a valid site (or should be) and I thought it was actual captcha (yeah...). Very absent-minded, and I was tired.
Going forward, every few minutes I'd get a notification on my phone with your usual bullshit "your phone is at risk click here" nonsense. I never clicked, obviously.
I cleared my Chrome cache and history (I think?) and it seems to have fixed things. However, I'm paranoid. What else can I do? Play Protect finds nothing. My phone system was updated when it all happened.
Oh, also, should I contact Google about my finding a compromised site? They are literally directing people to it, people that would fall for this totally.