Problem with twitter - Virus?

It seems like a small problem but I'm working on my masters dissertation and I really could do without and virus and not knowing whats going on.
I got a DM from someone I knew and opened it, realised it was fake and closed the tab immedaitely. Nothing happened straight away but now when I go to the twitter webpage it looks like it will only load HTML and no CSS.
I know this becuase I looked up loads of solutions, I've tried deleting my Cache, deleting cookies and I've installed updates and reset safari. I also downladed firefox to see if the issue continued and it was exactly the same.. the page loaded only to a list form, apparently HTML
HELP. Not accessing twitter is fine I'm just really worried about possible viruses.

Then it is due to technical problems of the Twitter's Server. Nope, it's not a virus. Have some patience & wait for sometime.

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