Adam, after the computer crashed, thx to son, once i reinstalled Norton it
is working great, i have received a couple of notices where something else
was trying to get into my computer, but to no avail.
Roadster Content, - weather in the 30's in the am, car is in the garage!
mike f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>
To: "Gary McCormick" <gkmcc@netgate.net>; "Dave Stoll" <dgstoll@mint.net>
Cc: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: O/T Easy trick to stop virus spreads
> What's scary is the latest virus (from Mike F.) also checks for
> Netscape and Eudora address books and sends infected messages through
> those applications. It even tries (but fails) to shut down ZoneAlarm,
> a popular free firewall program.
>
> I'll keep my web-based e-mail, thank you...
>
> Adam
>
> --- Gary McCormick <gkmcc@netgate.net> wrote:
> > This is for Microsoft Outlook e-mail on a WinDoze box, right?
> >
> > My Macs have no problems with all these evil Microsoft virii... ;^)
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > San Jose, CA
> >
> > Dave Stoll wrote:
> >
> > > 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!"
> > >
> > > The above would help our list members to stop unknowingly spreading
> > viruses.
> > > The more people who do this simple trick the better off we all will
> > be
> > > daveS
> > >
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