How To Protect Your Address Book;

[janelle]

: >
: > I learned a computer trick today
that's really ingenious in
: > it's
: > simplicity. I received it from a
friend.
: > As you may know, when/if a worm
virus gets into your computer
: > it heads straight for your e-mail
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 e-mail addresses.
: > In the window where you would type
your friend's first name,
: > type in
: > AAAAAAA, Also use address
[email protected]
: > 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 e-mail 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.
: > Here's the second great advantage of
this method: If an e-mail
: > cannot be delivered, you will be
notified
: > of this in your IN BOX almost
: > immediately. Hence, if you ever get
an e-mail telling you that
: > an
: > E-mail addressed to AAAAAAA 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, huh?
: > If everybody you know does this then
you need not ever worry
: > about
: > opening mail from friends. Pass
this on to all your friends.
: >
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