Here is the Snopes link  http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/quickfix.aspDave



--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Mosby West <jmwestiii@...> wrote:

From: Mosby West <jmwestiii@...>
Subject: RE: [milling] Fw: Fwd: How to protect your E-mail address book
To: milling@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 8:08 AM

Harley,

This is a hoax and doesn't work and will lull folks into complacency.

Mosby





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From: milling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:milling@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
harley scott
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:12 AM
To: ViolettaN4649@...; Vera; Виктория Синюгина;
weixuanlei@...
Subject: [milling] Fw: Fwd: How to protect your E-mail address book










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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Ian Mason <bkjja@iinet. <mailto:bkjja%40iinet.net.au> net.au>
Sent: Wednesday, 8 July, 2009 4:12:06 PM
Subject: Fwd: How to protect your E-mail address book

courtesy of Ian Levy

>
>
>
>> 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. <mailto:AAAAAAA%40AAA.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.
>> When it tries to send itself to AAAAAAA@AAA. <mailto:AAAAAAA%40AAA.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.
>> So, if you ever get an email telling you that an email
>> addressed to AAAAAAA@AAA. <mailto:AAAAAAA%40AAA.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!
>>
>> Pretty slick huh?
>>
>> If everybody you know does this then you need not ever
>> worry about opening mail from friends.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2081 - Release Date: 04/26/09
>> 09:44:00
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.13/2091 - Release Date:
04/30/09
>> 17:53:00
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>>
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.21/2103 - Release Date:
05/07/09
>> 18:05:00
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
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