Now that we've survived the MyParty worm on TIPS, it occurred to me that I might pass along a manoeuver which is alleged to prevent its spread. The trick is to insert as the first entry in your address book a meaningless e-mail address, such as AAAAAAAA.
The theory says that when the worm attempts to hijack your address book, it will start with that entry. However, the process will stop because the address is invalid, and will trigger an error message. So you may be infected, but the worm doesn't get to pass its dirty deed on to others. It's so simple and harmless that I've done it. But I wonder if anyone has an opinion concerning whether the trick would actually work as advertised. I'm not going to infect myself to find out! -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
