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Reeya asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

can an email ( without any attachment) on yahoo have a virus or some thing harmful for my pc?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    maybe

  • 1 decade ago

    A virus in an email is always possible. Even with virus checks, it may still get through, so you may want to scan every file that you download from your email.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    hey my answer is yes u can get virus but YAHOO i m dam sure u will not get virus from this site because it have anti-virus saning process in the site

    and when ever u dowanload any attach file it scan it before dowanloading

    and i have never seen any case where virus have been came from YAHOO site

    from other site u may get virus

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no, the only way you can get a harmful virus from an email is if you download something from it, like an attachment, which might contain something harmful.

    just opening an email with no attachments will do no harm.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes , java scripts can contain virus

  • 1 decade ago

    well...unless the yahoo email scanner stoped scanning them...and the only way you COULD get a virus off of yahoo mail...is if you downloaded the actual e-mail..but the scanners pick everything up ^_^

  • 1 decade ago

    it's possible if the virus in embedded in a picture and it is inlined (not attached) inside the e-mail.

  • 1 decade ago

    YES it can. it can contaion these viruses- trojan horse, cockroahc, or fish hook and MORE!!limit Fwding in lowers chances of spam and virus.

  • 1 decade ago

    No its webmail its the same as going on ebay without an attachment or downlaod nothing can touch you!

  • 1 decade ago

    yes

  • 1 decade ago

    yes

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