Guest guest Posted October 30, 2001 Report Share Posted October 30, 2001 We're trying it. Can't hurt.... Jean ..> > Subject: Virus Stopper! > > > > > > > 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 !000 (that's an exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros). In > > the > > window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address, type in > > WormAlert. > > > > > Then complete everything by clicking add, enter, ok, etc. > > > > > > > > > > Now, here's what you've done and why it works: the " name " !000 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 !000, it will be undeliverable because of the > > > > phony email address you entered (WormAlert). 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. > > > > > > > > > > Here's the second great advantage of this method: if an email cannot > > be delivered, you will be notified of this in your InBox almost > > >immediately. > > > > > Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed > > to > > WormAlert could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the > > worm > > > > > virus in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it! > > > > > > > > > > Pretty slick. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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