In view of the 'Hi' mails now going around the list, I received this today. No expert on the wonders of mail, does anyone feel this may have any merit ?
David >----- Original Message ----- >Subject: Worm Alert from the Wiseoldmule > > > > Hello > > > > Here's some useful information that can help stop viruses spreading. > > It may protect you from spreading that empty email worm that is > > infesting everybody's mailbox now. > > > > Best regards, > > > > > WORM > > > > Here's a computer trick today that's very important and 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 attacked your system. > > > > 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 !000 (exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros) or any other mark ensuring >that the entry will be first in your address book. > > > > In the window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address, > > type in "WormAlert," which of course, isn't a real email address. Then > > complete everything by clicking Add and OK > > 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 phony email address you entered (WormAlert). >If > > the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the > > worm goes no further and your contacts 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! > > > > Since cyberterrorism may be on the rise...please pass it on. > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________
