[meteorite-list] VIRUS, PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!

From: azaware <azaware_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:06:56 2004
Message-ID: <004e01c26cb9$731c9dc0$0101a8c0_at_msn.net>

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK! Try this. It came from one of our computer
guys. Found this handy tip about keeping your e-mail virus free. Thought
everyone would like to know about this. A friend passed along this computer
trick today ... As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your
computer it heads straight for your email address book, and sends itself to
everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates. This
trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop
it from using your address book to spread further, and it will alert you to
the fact that the worm has gotten into your system. Here's what you do:
first, open your address book and click on "new contact," just as you would
do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email addresses. In the
window where you would type your friend's first name, type in AAAAAAA. last
Name type in AAAAAAA, email address type AAAAAAA_at_AAA.com Now, here's what
you've done and why it works: The "name" AAAAAAA will be placed at the top
of your address book as entry #1. This will be where the worm will start in
an effort to send itself to all your friends. But, when it tries to send
itself to AAAAAAA, it will be undeliverable because of the phony email
address you entered. If the first attempt fails (which it will because of
the phony address), the
worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected.
Received on Sat 05 Oct 2002 05:51:43 PM PDT