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I clicked a suspicious link. What should I do now?

Short answer

What to do right now

Stop interacting with the page or message. What matters next is what happened after the click: whether you entered information, downloaded a file, installed software, approved a prompt, or gave account access.

Immediate actions

First, identify what happened after the click.

  1. Close or leave the suspicious page and stop replying to the sender.

  2. Write down whether you entered a password, shared a code or payment detail, downloaded a file, installed software, or approved access.

  3. Use every matching recovery page below; start with money that may still be moving or access that may still be active.

  4. Use current guidance from the device maker or a support service you independently trust if a file ran, software was installed, or the device behaves unexpectedly.

Do not

Avoid making the situation harder.

  • Do not return to the suspicious link to investigate it.
  • Do not forward a live suspicious link to friends or family.
  • Do not assume one generic device step fits every phone or computer.

Records and reporting

Keep the details you already have.

Keep the original message, sender, date, time, and a note of what opened or ran. Take screenshots only when you can do so without reopening the suspicious content.

If something else happened too

Source notes

Official guidance behind these steps

Plainly Living uses the scope and exceptions recorded in its claim-control ledger. These links go to the responsible public agency.