True Or False !

[Kan Win]

True or False

Virus Protection

Sent to me last year by unknown person.

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I learned a computer trick 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: AAAAAAA. Also use address [email protected]

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 number 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 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 you’re In Box almost immediately.

Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to AAAAAAA could not be delivered, you know right way 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 need not ever worry about opening mail from friends. Pass this on to all your friends.

Edited March 2, 2004 by Kan Win

[kandt]

True or False

False

[stumonster]

stop using outlook express!!!!!!

90 odd percent f the comp users on the planet use outlook and internet explorer..

so this is what exploits are written for.....you want to decrease your risk .. use mozilla and pegasus mail.. and install a personal firewall..

[george]

Hoax. http://antivirus.about.com/cs/hoaxes/p/aaaa.htm

Please do not spread this further.

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