This mail already sent by a member recently is in circulation since 1981 and I
already sent a mail that the contents are reported as
false.Ref:http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/quickfix.asp
S.V.SAI BABA
________________________________
From: subbu <subs...@gmail.com>
To: thatha_patty@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 1:00:56 PM
Subject: protect your e-mail address book
try
and do this
________________________________
How
to protect your e-mail address
book
A
computer repairman says this is like having gold. This is a good thing. I
learned a computer trick today that's really 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 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 ' A'.
For
the screen name or email address, type aaaa...@aaa.aaa
Now,
here's what you've done and why it
works:
The
'name 'A' 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.
When
it tries to send itself to aaaa...@aaa.aaa, 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 none of your friends will 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 In Box almost immediately. Hence, if you
ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to aaaa...@aaa.aaa 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
slick huh?
If
everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail
from friends.
DO
IT NOW and pass this on to all your friends.
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blue Soft be the road below you,
Affection be the breeze around you,
I pray all the happiness surrounds you.
Have a Good Day....
Vanakkam Subbu
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