I clicked on an HTML link in email, could this cause my mac to be infected by a virus?

I received an email from a friend which had a HTML link in it. I sometimes get these to display on a screen so it was not unusal so I clicked on the link.
When the site loaded I realised that this had not been sent by my friend so I closed it.
I've since found out that the friend had her email hacked allowing bogus emails to be sent.
I'm new to Mac's but I've been told that they don't get virus.
What is the risk of me opening the link?
How do I check if I have a problem?
Thanks.

There is Mac malware out there, but just visiting a web page isn't enough to infect you. See:
http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/macvirus
(Note that my pages contain links to other pages that promote my services, and this should not be taken as an endorsement of my services by Apple.)

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