Please remove me from this list. On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 10:51:21 -0400 Captain Buddy <[email protected]> wrote: Judy, you need a new computer guy. A worm/virus will not wait to see if it has a valid email id to send to, it just sends out to every entry in your address book. You'll know it happened by receiving the undeliverable message as you described, but the horses will be out of the barn. If you don't want the expense of anti-virus software, use Netscape as your browser and email program. Worms are written to target Internet Explorer and Outlook. MCG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:11 AM Subject: [AGS] Fw: How to Protect Your Address Book > FW: How to Protect Your Address Book > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Judy > To: undisclosed-recipients: > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:49 PM > Subject: FW: How to Protect Your Address Book > > > Sounds like a good idea. Judy > > > I checked this out with my "computer guy". He said it is valid but he uses ooooo. > > HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK! > > I learned a computer trick today that's really ingenious in it's 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. > > Now, here's whatyou'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. > > 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 A > could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the worm virus in your system. You can 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. > > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > The Arkansas History Commission has updated their website. > www.ark-ives.com > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== The Arkansas History Commission has updated their website. www.ark-ives.com