Avoiding facebook virus?

[Aha]

So I just got a facebook message from an old aquaintance, and I didn't open it. From the previw of the message that you get, it looks like its a link to an amazon page about a sex book, which seems REALLY out of character for this person. It also says it has an attatchment (which is probably the link), or it might be a file.

If I open the message, but don't click on the link, could I get a virus?

How would you handle this situation?
I also have norton antivirus on my internet..

[abraXus]

not if you didnt open the link - you will be fine

[Sarcastic Genius]

No. Most decent browsers (read: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) will sandbox the pages, and a web page can't do anything without downloading a .exe and having you run it.

TLDR; A web page on its own can do no damage.