On 24/08/07, Jacques B. jjrboucher@gmail.com wrote:
WELL YOU LIKE TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY. NEVER CLICK ON A VIRUS WEB PAGE. WEB BROWSERS CAN COLLECT THE ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE WEB SITE, SO YOU ARE ALREADY COMPROMISED.
That being the case, why would he be compromised for having visited the site? In this scenario at most the web server will have the IP of the person who visited, and the browser they used (and some other non-compromising information).
To clarify Aaron's comment: the supplied URL may encode an id for the mail you received, marking the receiving address 'live' on a spammer's database. (In fact, marking it live and read by someone who follows such links, making it more valuable to them.) This used to be a favourite trick with 'if you have received this mailing in error click here' type scams which were aimed at collecting addresses to sell on. I have no idea whether the current crop of phishers bother with such tricks or if collecting people's bank account details is lucrative enough for them.