MSN Homepage Suspicious Ad

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I accidentally clicked on an ad disguised as a news story that appeared on the MSN homepage. It led to a Russian website and though I closed the page as soon as I realized what it was (3 or 4 seconds), I am afraid my computer might have been compromised by malware. I found a file labeled ru-RU.json on my pc that I think is suspicious. When I asked Copilot to identify it, the AI responded in Russian! When asked why it responded that way, it responded that it misunderstood the or something to that effect. Any ideas about what is going on? So far, numerous antivirus scans have returned no problem

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