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As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your
computer it heads straight for your E-mail 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 it further, and it will alert
you to the fact the worm is in your system.
Here's what you do:
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 E-mail addresses.
In the window where you 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 E-mail address, type in "WormAlert," which of
course, isn't a real E-mail address.
Then complete everything by clicking add, save, enter,
ok, etc.
Here's what you did 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.
When it tries to send itself to !000, it will be
undeliverable because of the "phony" E-mail address you
entered (WormAlert).
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.
The second great advantage of this method:
if an E-mail cannot be delivered, you will be notified
of this in your InBox almost immediately.
Hence, if you ever receive an E-mail telling you an E-
mail addressed to "WormAlert" could not be delivered,
you know right away you have the worm virus in your
system. You can then take steps to get rid of it!
please pass it on.
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your <BR>
computer it heads straight for your E-mail address book <BR>
and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting <BR>
all your friends and associates.<BR>
<BR>
This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your <BR>
computer, but it will stop it from using your address <BR>
book to spread it further, and it will alert<BR>
you to the fact the worm is in your system.<BR>
<BR>
Here's what you do:<BR>
<BR>
Open your address book and click on "new contact" just <BR>
as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your <BR>
list of E-mail addresses.<BR>
<BR>
In the window where you type your friend's first name, <BR>
type in !000 (that's an exclamation mark followed by 3 <BR>
zeros).<BR>
<BR>
In the window below where it prompts you to enter the <BR>
new E-mail address, type in "WormAlert," which of <BR>
course, isn't a real E-mail address.<BR>
<BR>
Then complete everything by clicking add, save, enter, <BR>
ok, etc.<BR>
<BR>
Here's what you did and why it works:<BR>
The "name" !000 will be placed at the top of your <BR>
address book as entry #1.<BR>
This will be where the worm will start in an effort to <BR>
send itself to all your friends.<BR>
When it tries to send itself to !000, it will be <BR>
undeliverable because of the "phony" E-mail address you <BR>
entered (WormAlert).<BR>
If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the <BR>
phony address), the worm goes no further and your <BR>
friends will not be infected.<BR>
The second great advantage of this method:<BR>
if an E-mail cannot be delivered, you will be notified <BR>
of this in your InBox almost immediately.<BR>
Hence, if you ever receive an E-mail telling you an E-<BR>
mail addressed to "WormAlert" could not be delivered, <BR>
you know right away you have the worm virus in your <BR>
system. You can then take steps to get rid of it!<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
please pass it on.<BR>
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</FONT></HTML>
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