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Posted by What's in a Name? on November 4, 2006, 4:47 pm
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microsoft.public.security.virus,after much thought,came up with this
jewel:
> Received this message recently but I have a feeling that this "idea"
> has been around before and found not to actually work? Is this so and
> why did it not work?
>
>
> "HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!
> 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.
>
> 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 "A".
>
> For the screen name or email address, type
> AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA.
>
> 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
> AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA, it will be undeliverable because of
> the phoney email address you entered. 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.
>
> 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 AAAAAAA@AAA.AAAA 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 look forward to comments and references - thanks.
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Learner,
Read this:
http://bob.bob.bofh.org/~robm/manual/virus/gullibility.html
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