Phishing Email Clicked on Link

My husband forwarded my an email he received that was a phishing scam regarding our bank denying some payment. I stupidly clicked on the link in the email and it took me to a 444 Error page and I shut the window and then cleared my history and cache. I am worried that I somehow got malware on my computer by doing this. Any suggestions?

I've used ClamXav for years, and recommend it as a mac antivirus program. I have it set up to scan incoming mail and downloads.  Over the years, it has alerted me to several phishing emails.
You can download it to your disk, install it, let it update it's virus definitions, scan the disk as Noble suggested, then run the program to delete it off your system, if you want.

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