In a case of clicking too fast, I clicked on a picture that looked like it was from Amazon. However this was not the case. I did end up at Amazon, but I'm aware that other things could've taken place before I landed on the Amazon page. I immediately disconnected my Ethernet cable. I hovered my mouse over the link address and did a URL search in virustotal for the domain on another PC and it came back safe. I googled the name in the link I clicked and I saw that the domain was a Amazon affiliate, or so they say. But I still wiped my machine. However I am still not sure if that link was malicious or not. Knowing whether it was malicious or not has implications for how I move forward and what steps I take to remediate this problem. Is there a safe way to investigate the link and any payload that may have been delivered?
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3Does this answer your question? What security holes are introduced by clicking an unknown link?, How do I investigate a suspicious link?, Triaging malicious URLs – Steffen Ullrich Jan 29 '23 at 09:56
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@SteffenUllrich Hi Steffen, that does answer my question. Unfortunately, I'm unable to upvote your comment. Thank you. – Moochcar Jan 29 '23 at 20:52