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Everyone should try this it might help from spreading viruses to others. Deb A

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Sorry, I didn't get it on to the e-mail the first time so here it is again.

Deb A

<< From computer guru Bill S. comes this golden kernal of wisdom. This is

brilliant .... Dan

I learned a computer trick today that's really genius

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.

Here's what you do: First, open your address book and

click on " new contact " or " new person " 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 phony email 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.

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!

Pretty slick huh?

If everybody you know does this then you needn't ever

worry about opening mail from friends. Pass this on

to all your friends.