Fw: [Zambian_Tamils] Protecting yourself against worm virus

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"R JAYARAMAN" <ramanu

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Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:41 AM

[Zambian_Tamils] Protecting yourself against worm virus

 

 

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> I am sending this for you to try

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> Protecting yourself against worm virus

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> Hello subscirbers,

> The message below I'm forwarding to you is a good idea. Probably worth a

try.

> > 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.

> >

> > Well, 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 email addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's

first

> > name, type in AAA. 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.

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> > Now, here's what you've done and why it works: the "name" AAA 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

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> > tries to send itself to AAA, 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.

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> > 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.

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> > 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!

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> > Feel free to pass this trick along to your friends.

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> * Original source unknown

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Regards,

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> Luckson.

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