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Don't let Viruses USE You ... last line of Defence

kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
edited September 2001 in General Discussion
Trick your address book! Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book? It's time to STOP this from happening by TAKING CONTROL of your email program! For those who are unaware, many computer viruses spread themselves by sending themselves to everyone in your address book. Imagine how you would feel if you were unknowingly infected with a computer virus, and worse yet, your friends, family, and business contacts were being targeted by your computer! Well, if you want to avoid this sort of thing, here's a great tip: This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses (you have to scan those attachments yourself before opening them to do that), but it will stop those viruses from latching onto your address book and sending itself out to others. To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact in your email address book with the name : !0000 with no email address in the details. This contact will then show up as your first contact. If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your pc will put up an error message saying that: "The Message could not be sent. One or more recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your Address Book and make sure all the recipients have a valid e-mail address." You click on OK and the offending (virus) message would not have been sent to anyone. Of course, no changes have been made to your original contacts list. The offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in your "Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the offending message. Problem is solved and virus is not spread. Try this and pass on to your email contacts. The more people that use this technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses that spread in this manner!
GUN CONTROL: If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • j2k22j2k22 Member Posts: 329 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    done. thanks KK !
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    btt
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • r.e.bobr.e.bob Member Posts: 36 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Kimber.Done! I don't understand why there are not more replies.
    If you hit your target every time, you're too close.
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Done and I passed it on as well to all in my address book, I hope there wasn't a virus encoded in your post! That would be pretty ironic.
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ghotie_thumperAfter I was a victum to a email virus once I started scanning everything before opening of course I haven't even recieved anything since!I got this bit of info, and tried to send a "test" letter out and with that little addition to my address book and a "send all" it wouldn't send anything unless I removed that name from the list of recipents ... so I thought I'd pass it along ...
    GUN CONTROL: If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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