Gail, I always get two copies of your e-mails. Today it was two copies of the Virus message and two copies of the Address Book message. Not a big problem, but I thought you might like to know. Rita >From: "Gail Meyer Kilgore" <gkilgore@primenet.com> >Reply-To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com >To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KILGORE] Address Book-ONE MORE TIME! >Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:16:11 -0700 > >This was sent to me by Diane on one of my lists and it might work and it >sure won't hurt to try it. > >Trick your address book! > >Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment of >unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book? >It's time to STOP this from happening by TAKING CONTROL of your email >program! For those who are unaware, many computer viruses spread >themselves >by sending themselves to everyone in your address book. >Imagine how you would feel if you were unknowingly infected with a computer >virus, and worse yet, your friends, family, and business contacts were >being >targeted by your computer! Well, if you want to avoid this sort of thing, >here's a great tip: > >This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses (you have to scan those >attachments yourself before opening them to do that), but it will stop >those >viruses from latching onto your address book and sending itself out to >others. > >To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your email address >book with the name : !0000 with no email address in the details (using this >puts it at the top of your contact list in your address book). > >This contact will then show up as your first contact. If a virus >attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your PC will put up an >error message saying that: "The Message could not be sent. One or more >recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your Address Book >and >make sure all the recipients have a valid e-mail address." > >You click on OK and the offending (virus) message would not have been sent >to anyone. Of course no changes have been made to your original contacts >list. The offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in >your >"Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the offending message. >Problem is solved and virus is not spread. > >Try this and pass on to your email contacts. The more people that use this >technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses that spread in this >manner! > >I also noted that it asks you for a name when you add the new contact so I >put in !0000 again and Outlook Express took it as a new contact. > >Gail Meÿer Kilgore >List Hostess >Casa Grande, AZ > > >==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== >The Kilgore Logbook can be viewed from the >Kilgore ARCHIVES at the address of >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp