Link redirect to file://

Hello all,
I've been searching the Internet for an answer to my question and I really can't seem to find one- at least one that I can understand. Recently I was on a website, clicked on a link to a file and was redirected to a file:// (file URL) that showed a list of some of my local files.
This hasn't happened to me before and I'm wondering if my computer was somehow compromised? Did this website attempt to access my files? If so, were they successful? How can I know?
I don't believe I dragged anything onto the address bar and didn't type it in myself (I had no idea I could access any personal files via URL address bar).
Any help to ease my mind would be great.
Thanks,
Ange

Hi Ange007,
The easiest way to tell is to try this:
# From the page that you found yourself at the file:// url, please click on the back button. If you hover over the url that you clicked on, does the url have a file:// in front of it? I only ask, because this would explain that the website put the url there or it may mean malware.
# Another way to look, if you have already closed the session is to check the history, Go to History > Show all history > and look for the timestamp from yesterday or older. It is possible that to get back to that page.
If there was an infection you could try this.
Try to boot your Mac in Safe Mode.
*Starting up in Safe Mode: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455

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