Did you just click a bad link?
Take a breath. Phishing links try to steal your credentials, plant malware, or trick you into authorizing a malicious service. Acting quickly limits the damage — follow the emergency steps below, then answer a few questions to get advice tailored to your situation.
First, do these four things right now
Do these in order — even before answering the questions below.
- 1
Disconnect from the internet
Pull out the network cable, turn off Wi-Fi and mobile data.
- 2
Restart your router
Pull the power cable, wait 60 seconds, plug it back in.
- 3
Restart your device
Reboot your PC, phone, or tablet before doing anything else.
- 4
Save this page
Bookmark it now so you can come back if you need to.
Answer a few quick questions
Did you enter any information on the page?
This includes your email, password, card details, address, or anything else you typed or pasted.
Enable 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication)
Perhaps the single best thing you can do to protect sensitive accounts. Any serious website lets you use your phone number or an authenticator app (we like Authy) to generate one-time login codes. Unless an attacker has both your credentials and your 2FA device, they can't get in.
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