Re: FW: Stopping Spread of Worm Virus Infections

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Wow, this sounds totally cool! Thanks for sharing it.

Kathleen

In a message dated 12/29/2001 8:34:29 PM Central Standard Time,

janclarke@... writes:

> I don't know how reliable this information is as I no longer use PC formats.

> I hope it helps the rest of you worm senders.

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> ---------- From: Giles, INTERNET:ricgiles@... To:

> Simon Fuller, 106160,235 Cc: INTERNET:planetarymed@...

> Date:

> Tue, 11 Dec, 2001, 22:4412:0 RE: TIP OF THE YEAR

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> > Hi All, Sending this out to everyone. Since I have an iMAC and also use

> > Eudora I do not have the same problem that many have with constant little

> > worms invading their systems. I'm sure all will enjoy and find this tip

> > useful. Send it on to others. Best wishes, - - - - - - - Here's

> a

> > useful tip for adding to your and others' virus/worm immunity. However,

> > I'd still recommend use of the Eudora e-mail program as a way of avoiding

> > reproducing most viruses/worms (since it uses a different address book

> > system). Palden

> >

> > Here is a computer trick that's really ingenious in its simplicity.

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> > 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 got into your system.

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> > 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 !000 (that's an exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros). In

> the

> > window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address, type

> in

> > WormAlert. Then complete everything by clicking add, enter, ok, etc.

> >

> > 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

> > bogus email address you entered (WormAlert). If the first attempt fails

> > (which it will because of the phoney address), the worm goes no further

> and

> > your friends will not be infected.

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> > 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!

> >

> > I hope this helps to save you a lot of time and effort in the future.

> >

> > Warm regards,

> > <.Backshell@... " >mailto:.Backshell@...>

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> > . Backshell@... <mailto:.Backshell@...>

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