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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.
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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 ' |
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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.
But, when it tries to send itself to
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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 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 In Box
almost immediately. Hence, if you ever
get an email telling you that an email
addressed to |
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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! |
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If everybody you know does this then you need
not ever worry about opening mail from friends. |
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Pass this on to all your
friends!!!
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