All:
I recieved this from a relative.
I know this will work as I've encountered the problem of not
having a valid email address in my book.
Blake
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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!
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