March 28, 2006--Hint for Address Book
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Today is another beautiful Spring day. We are spending all our time out and about. There is no time for computers.
However, my friend, Denise sent me this hint. It's an old one. I remember we used to do that when I first got my computer. I don't know if it's effective; however, it won't hurt, so I'm putting it out here and you can use it if you want. This is to try to stop anyone from stealing your addresses in your address book and sending worms (viruses) to your contacts:
Here it is:
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 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 phony email address you entered. 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 In Box almost immediately. Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA 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!
So, give it a try if you think it's worth it.
Ciao for now.
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