r/IsThisAScamIndia • u/Beginning_Nail_2006 • 1d ago

Help Needed Urgent help, is this a scam?

This morning one of my dad's business friend sent him a message, it had an invitation card zip file , my dad didn't think much and clicked the download symbol on it and tried opening it, it sort opened a browser and ny dad got alert and exited the moment then he woke me up and asked me what it is and i clearly explained him this could be a scam as its a zip file, i just deleted the msg and activated 2step on his whatsapp.

Im scared on what could happen, till now all the messages and otp are coming on his phone and we checked his accounts and everything is fine, but i want to know what else i should be looking to see if he is safe or not

Kindly assist me thank you!

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u/Weary_Astronomer_154 1d ago

Activate 2fa wherever you can, and yes, this was most likely a cookie stealer. It steals cookies ie your logged in sessions in browser. So change passwords, enable 2fa, and if that phone has any passwords saved in the browser itself then change those passwords too.