Deleting it was a good idea.
Where was the link? In an email?
No, in a browser search.
Years aO when I had windows as main os, clicking links in searches was real iffy, as it would redirect to some sitE and sometimes auto download. I purchased rollback rx as a result as I could rollback to a time before the download happened and be safe. Then they fixed it, and it happened far less
This is the firs time anything like his has happend in Linux though.