Re: Virus or Scam

From: BillyG (anonymus_at_anonymus.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:03:46 -0500

I did not see an imbedded url (usually shows up on lowere bar).

can I look at the email in text?

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:uVrd9Cn7DHA.1672@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Yes and Yes.
>
> Yes it is a scam and yes, when you click on a embedded URL you are opening
the possibility
> of a virus from a Java Script to a Trojan executable. It all depends on
what the URL points
> to and what it is programmed to do.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "BillyG" <anonymus@anonymus.com> wrote in message
> news:%23nj5B$m7DHA.1804@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> | I got an email from ebay requesting account which I sized up as a scam.
> |
> | There was a button on the window which said "Go to eBay Billing center"
and
> | just being curious (and dumb)
> | I clicked it to check the url it would send me to.
> |
> | When nothing happened it occurred that it might have infected my pc with
> | something.
> |
> | My question is. Can a virus be put on your PC from a button on a window
> | which may have some XML code?
> |
> | Any insight appreciated.
> |
> | TIA
> |
> |
>
>