Can you get a virus from a site before it loads?

Posted by admin on April 1st, 2010 and filed under or site advisor |

I accidentally made a typo when typing a site address. I quickly caught it and hit X before the site even loaded. I went to site-advisor and typed in the address of the typo and it said that it had links to a suspicious website, which had either a virus on it or problems. If this website didn’t even load, could I still get a virus from it?

Yes it is possible,

2 Responses

  1. H Says:

    Yes it is possible,
    References :

  2. Albert W Says:

    Hi Andrew,
    You are probably OK.
    It would be a good idea to do an anti-virus scan just to be safe.
    If nothing "shows up" you should be fine.
    Kudos for being observant.
    Al
    References :

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