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I learned a computer trick today that's really
ingenious in its 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 'A'.
For the screen name or email address, type '
AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA
'.
Now, here's what you've done and why it works:
The 'name' 'A' 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@AAA.AAA
, 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.
Here's the second great advantage of this
method:
If an email cannot be delivered, you will be
notified of this in your In Box almost
immediately. Hence, if you ever get an email
telling you that an email addressed to
AAAAAAA@AAA.AAAA
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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