Bad Facebook link

Ghostsong

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So I accidentally clicked a bad Facebook link in my timeline using the android app. Clicking is more or less frozen the app so I closed it before the site could load. Do I need to worry about this? I ran an avg scan on the phone and it came back clean, but should I do anything else?

Edit: went back and looked at it and it sends to something called thesherlockgame.com I assume since the scam involves installation I should be okay. I hate when I accidentally clicked crap using touchscreen devices. The link tried to open in the Facebook web browser when it froze.
 
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Just make sure to check your FB privacy settings and authorized / "installed" applications (on FB, not on your phone) to make sure that the offending site didn't authorize itself to post on your behalf, read your profile/friends list, etc.
 
This prompted me to go through the apps that have access to my account...wow apparently I've authorized 70 apps since I've had FB...time to do some cleanup!
 
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