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Ervin J. McCarthy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Miller" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Miller, Jerry & Elise" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 6:38 PM Subject: Address Book Protection > I don't know if this works but it sure sounds logical... > > Jerry Miller > > ******************* > > HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK! > > I learned a computer trick today that's really ingenious in > it simplicity. 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. In the window below where it prompts you to enter > the new email address, type in [log in to unmask] > Then complete everything by clicking add, enter, ok, etc. > > 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 > ([log in to unmask]). 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 spelling you that an email addressed to > [log in to unmask] 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 needn't ever worry > about opening mail from friends. > > Pass this on to all > your friends. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn