Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this "trick" isn't going to keep your friends from getting infected if a worm gets into your computer. When a worm gets in an address book, it sends messages out to everyone at the same time. So a message will go out to the "AAAAAAA" address AND to all of the other addresses in your address book at the same time. By the time you are notified that the message to AAAAAAA was undeliverable, the worm has already reached all of your friends. Sue Dotson Buzzybee@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cactusflrw@aol.com> To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] (no subject) 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. In the window below >where it prompts you to enter the new email address, type in >aawormAlert@somewhere.com . 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 >(<A HREF="mailto:aawormAlert@somewhere.com">aawormAlert@somewhere.com</A>). 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 telling you that an email addressed to >aawormAlert@somewhere.com 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 neat, 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. (º·.¸(¨*·.¸¸.·*¨)¸.·º) «.·°·.*Deb*.·°·.» (¸.·º(¸.·¨ * *¨·.¸)º·.¸) ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

The best protection is anti-virus software and a firewall. You can get both for under $100 and its worth it. -----Original Message----- From: Sue Dotson [mailto:buzzybee@prodigy.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:05 PM To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] (no subject) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this "trick" isn't going to keep your friends from getting infected if a worm gets into your computer. When a worm gets in an address book, it sends messages out to everyone at the same time. So a message will go out to the "AAAAAAA" address AND to all of the other addresses in your address book at the same time. By the time you are notified that the message to AAAAAAA was undeliverable, the worm has already reached all of your friends. Sue Dotson Buzzybee@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cactusflrw@aol.com> To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] (no subject) 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. In the window below >where it prompts you to enter the new email address, type in >aawormAlert@somewhere.com . 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 >(<A HREF="mailto:aawormAlert@somewhere.com">aawormAlert@somewhere.com</A>). 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 telling you that an email addressed to >aawormAlert@somewhere.com 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 neat, 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. (º·.¸(¨*·.¸¸.·*¨)¸.·º) «.·°·.*Deb*.·°·.» (¸.·º(¸.·¨ * *¨·.¸)º·.¸) ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237