: PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK

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also..as an additional note for those of you who may not know ALWAYS

put oNE persons name in the 'to' box and the others in " BCC " section

that way all of the adresses will not show up as below they will

simply show up as " undisclosed recipient "

BCC = Blind Carbon Copy so everyone gets their email but not everyone

can see the list of who you sent it to

therefore narrowing the list of emails in your system should a worm

get out in the first place or in case of hackers as well email addy's

are not displayed

also delete the list of email names before forwarding...safety first

on the net

love to all

sheila

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> HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK I learned a computer trick today

that's

> really ingenious in it's simplicity. Just received it from a

friend. 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 further, and it will alert you to the fact, that the

worm has

> gotten 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

> e-mail addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's

first

> name, type in AAAAAAA.. Also use address AAAAAAA@a...

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> Now, here's what you've done and why it works: The name AAAAAAA

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 AAAAAAA, It will be undeliverable

because of the

> phony e-mail address you entered. If the first attempt fails

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> (which it will because of the phony 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 e-mail

cannot be

> delivered, you will be notified of this in your In Box almost

immediately.

> Hence, if you ever get an e-mail telling you that an e-mail

addressed to

> AAAAAAA 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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> Pretty slick, huh?

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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.