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am i a victim of malvertising?!?

hi there! thank you for taking time to read my post. legis stressed for the past 4 hours having a migraine....because of this. here's the story: i was looking at this website https://thesmartlocal.com/read/cake-delivery-singapore/ browsing customised cakes when i clicked on recommended cake store website no. 13 when it brought me to another webpage (not the cakestore) i quickly exited it as i thought it was redirecting me to another website. being the dumb person i am, i clicked into it the 2nd time and when i saw that it was redirecting me again, I quickly exited. (none the wiser) finally, my gut feel told me that it was probably a malicious website as the real owners of the website was no longer operating their cake business... AND YET I DONT KNOW WHAT POSSESSED ME (I jest) but I tried again to search on google to see if it was a bad website and before i could search i accidentally CLICKED INTO THE WEBSITE ONLY TO REALISE..that it was definitely a bad website as it did not show "https" but instead it redirected me to another website which website details spelt > ww.iadf(icant remember the details tbh) but it also wasn't the usual https://www. I've been stressed the past 4 hours. In the past 4 hours, I have downloaded Norton Internet security..scanned my mobile but I found nothing. I've read all about download drive by and I might be a victim of maladvertising? My question is: -Having downloaded Norton Internet Security, -ceared my cache and deleted my history. In addition, the scan showed nothing suspicious in my phone. Am I considered safe or is my phone compromised? or should I continue to worry? I was searching for a cake to congratulate my friend who got a job. Sigh. I probably should have just treated her to a meal. sigh what shld I do sincerely, thbso

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Re: am i a victim of malvertising?!?

Having already scanned with Norton and nothing was found, I would suggest downloading and running Malwarebytes. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.malwarebytes.antimalware

If that scan also comes up clean, you should be OK. 

To help protect you from redirects you can install an ad blocker app. 

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Re: am i a victim of malvertising?!?

thanks so much! i used the free version from ur link and did a scan and it all came up clear! very grateful!!
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Re: am i a victim of malvertising?!?

You are welcome. Glad I could help.

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