>Subject: Fwd: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK
>Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 19:33:23 +0000
>
>
>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 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.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!
>
>
>
>If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening
>mail from friends.Pass this on to all your friends.
>

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wow

That is a pretty cool idea. I may have to give that a try, just for shits and giggles.

That doesn't stop a worm, that just let's you know you've been infected. Keeping your AV up to date and not opening email attachments is going to help prevent getting infected in the first place.