Dumb question (I'm good at these), but here it goes.
Earlier tonight I was browsing the web on my Iphone (Iphone 11/ IOS 15.7) when I came across what I know now was a sketchy website. When I landed on the site, a popup immediately directed me to download a VPN. Of course I know better than to do that, so I went to clear out the browser history. However, while my moving to do that, my finger touched outside of the popup screen and on the website itself (which was "greyed out", so to speak), and I was redirected to the appstore (as before I didn't click on the popup itself), or to at least what appeared was the Appstore. Instead of just shutting the phone down (mistake), I clicked the back button on the Appstore window, and was directed back to the Appstore landing page.
Anyway, when I realized what I should (and shouldn't have) done, I shut down the Iphone, and rebooted it back up and went back to the Appstore. I checked the download history, and nothing was downloaded, and while there I did a search and there was indeed a page for that specific app. I checked the download folder on my Iphone, and there was nothing there. Lastly, I checked Iverify, and it claimed there were no signs of compromise.
Therefore, I was wondering if there was anything to worry about, as was it just an underhanded way to get you to the Appstore to download their app, was it an attempt to capture Appstore credentials, or was the Appstore screen a coverup while it was trying to download software from another site.
Thanks again, as any help is greatly appreciated.
Earlier tonight I was browsing the web on my Iphone (Iphone 11/ IOS 15.7) when I came across what I know now was a sketchy website. When I landed on the site, a popup immediately directed me to download a VPN. Of course I know better than to do that, so I went to clear out the browser history. However, while my moving to do that, my finger touched outside of the popup screen and on the website itself (which was "greyed out", so to speak), and I was redirected to the appstore (as before I didn't click on the popup itself), or to at least what appeared was the Appstore. Instead of just shutting the phone down (mistake), I clicked the back button on the Appstore window, and was directed back to the Appstore landing page.
Anyway, when I realized what I should (and shouldn't have) done, I shut down the Iphone, and rebooted it back up and went back to the Appstore. I checked the download history, and nothing was downloaded, and while there I did a search and there was indeed a page for that specific app. I checked the download folder on my Iphone, and there was nothing there. Lastly, I checked Iverify, and it claimed there were no signs of compromise.
Therefore, I was wondering if there was anything to worry about, as was it just an underhanded way to get you to the Appstore to download their app, was it an attempt to capture Appstore credentials, or was the Appstore screen a coverup while it was trying to download software from another site.
Thanks again, as any help is greatly appreciated.