Fwd: Fw: A simple anti virus trick

Sun, 19 May 2002 01:27:39 -0700

  Jan Bedwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: "Jan Bedwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fwd: Fw: A simple anti virus trick
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 18:29:09 +1000



>From: "Savina Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Luke Savina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sharelle Savina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jodie Savina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jo Lees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Margaret Ginns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Margaret Nankervis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jan Bedwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sue McDonald" , "Sue Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Edna West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jan Bryde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Judi Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Debbie Townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kathryn Cosatto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "William John Garnaut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Neil Savina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Natasha Motley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rhonda Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Fw: A simple anti virus trick
>Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 12:25:40 +1000
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jan and Dave Dutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Julie Savina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 9:54 PM
>Subject: Fw: A simple anti virus trick
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Riemann Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:39 PM
> > Subject: Fw: A simple anti virus trick
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: John Withall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To:
> > > Sent: 10 May, 2002 5:53 PM
> > > Subject: A simple anti virus trick
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Subject: A slick trick against e-mail viruses
> > > > This was in the last issue of "PC World" magazine. It does work!
> > > >
> > > > 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" or "new
> > > person"
> > > > just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of
> > > email
> > > > addresses.
> > > >
> > > > Second: In the window where you would type your friend's FIRST
>name,
> > > > type in !000 (that's an exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros). In the
> > > > window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address,
>type
> > in
> > > > WormAlert.
> > > >
> > > > Third: Then complete everything by clicking add, enter, OK, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Now, here's what you've done and why it works: the "name" !000
>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 !000, it will be undeliverable
> > > > because of the phoney email address you entered (WormAlert). If the
> > first
> > > > attempt fails
> > > > (which it will because of the phoney 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
> > > > WormAlert 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.
> > > >
> > > > If everybody you know does this, then you needn't ever worry about
> > > > opening mail from friends. Pass this on to your friends.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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