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      Can you get a virus from opening any unknown email in yahoo or are you only susceptible if you open attachments to an email? Can a virus be hidden in the body of a regular email with no attachments.?
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      if u dont know who its from i wouldn't open it but yes u can get one from it 
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      Okay...thanks
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      You indeed can BUT as long as you have anti virus protection and YOU SCAN IT BEFORE OPENING IT you can catch it before you accidentally do yourself.
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      Thanks andy...how are you?  Ummm-how do you scan an email in yahoo with antivirus before opening it? 
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      I think Yahoo mail has a built in antivirus scanner. I know I've never gotten anything nasty from Yahoo before, but I also use Firefox add-ons to keep most scripts blocked. 
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        Edited by
        Rusty_Knight
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        Fri 07/29/11 08:27 PM
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| I think Yahoo mail has a built in antivirus scanner. I know I've never gotten anything nasty from Yahoo before, but I also use Firefox add-ons to keep most scripts blocked. Hi desertday... welcome to the forums!       | |
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      Get sandboxie & u never have to worry about accidentally install a virus !
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      You can get a virus from just about anywhere.  Best to get the best virus checker you can find.
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      hey yeah right but remember if u have mail without attachments possibly its free of virus but it says to visit any link or site then possibly d site they will redirect u will have the virus...its best to use antivirus.....
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| Thanks andy...how are you? Ummm-how do you scan an email in yahoo with antivirus before opening it? Usually right clicking the folder or file shows options, one of them being to scan the file. | |
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