What should I do if I clicked on a phishing link on iphone?
I accidentally clicked on a phishing link, what should I do now to prevent any virus attacks on my phone?
An article I read had the following lines to explain the meaning of a phishing link - Cybercriminals use phishing URLs to try to obtain sensitive information for malicious use, such as usernames, passwords, or banking details. They send phishing emails to direct their victims to enter sensitive information on a fake website that looks like a legitimate website.
From the scenario you described where you accidentally clicked on a phishing link on iphone, you rather have been a victim of a drive-by download attack that leads to installing -in most cases- adware or spyware but this attack can be even more dangerous depending on the malware that has been installed. This attack uses the browser vulnerabilities or the browser's plugins vulnerabilities using mainly malicious obfuscated JavaScript code.
The attack can be triggered passively by a simple visit to a given webpage as it happened for example in 2011 to Amnesty International's homepage where a lot of visitors got infected by simply reading articles on their homepage.
In another scenario, the attack needs the visitor to be active (which is the case you describe here): the visitor sees pop-up windows that a simple click on the OK, Cancel or even Exit (X) button will trigger the attack.