[dba-Tech] Suspect link

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best case is to use a linux sandbox system  build one up using virtual box
so you can test these things out... :)

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 11:35 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:

> I got an email from someone I know which was, to our eyes, an obvious hack.
> So I replied all, warning people not to open the link.  And told the sender
> since there were only 5 names on my email the hack probably sent a large
> number of emails to a small number of people in his address book.
>
> But I would like to know what's behind the link - if the link site contains
> a virus, etc.
>
> Is there any way to find out what this link is without risking infection?
>
> Like you all I get these from time to time and my curiosity has not gotten
> the better of me. But I always wonder about them.
>
> TIA
>
> Rocky
>
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