Thought this one was well worth passing on. I have had gotten two different
viruses from church and family historians and the stupid Snow White thing
keeps appearing in my in box, so someone has it.
Margie R. Pearce
Ponchatoula, LA
Genealogy:
http://www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Boonie" <kab9(a)pennswoods.net>
To: <PAHUNTIN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 6:38 AM
Subject: A helpful hint
I got this from another list. Thought with all the malicious viruses
being developed it would be worth letting others know.
Jim Tremble wrote:
>
> Hello Listers
>
> You may want to try the following to prevent the spread of these
viruses. No
> one is stealing your email address and sending virus to the
list. A
computer
> will get infected and attack your email address book. They are
being
sent
> with out your knowledge. See Below,
>
> 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! I hope this will help everyone who is interested.
>
> Jim
> Isleton, Ca. USA
PS: I use Outlook Express which will not allow me to enter a new contact
without
an email address. To solve the problem, type one letter/number.
You will get the message that it is not a valid address, but you can add it
any way.
MP