[Dixielandjazz] Antivirus trick

[norrie.thomson]

Hello Listmates

This was suggested some time ago to fool the Kak-Worm.  Unfortunately, it
doesn't work. I know!


Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <stridepiano at tesco.net>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Antivirus trick


> WormAlert . . .
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me, John . . . I'll try it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
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> >From: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net>
> >To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Antivirus trick
> >Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:30:25 -0000
> >
> >This ingenious piece of advice comes from another list to which I belong
:
> >
> >"As you know when a worm virus gets into your computer it heads straight
> >for your email address book and sends itself to everyone there, thus
> >infecting all your friends and associates.  The following trick will
> >not keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it
> >from going any further.  And it will alert you to the fact that it is
> >in your system.
> >
> >Here's what you should do - open your address book and add a new
> >contact.  In the window where it prompts you to enter the new friends
> >name type !000 (that's an exclamation mark followed by three zeros).
> >In the window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address
> >type in WormAlert.  Then complete everything by clicking add, enter,
> >OK, etc.
> >
> >Now here's what you have done and why it works : the name !000 will
> >be placed at the top of you address book as entry No 1.  This will be
> >where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your
> >friends.  But when it tries to send itself to !000 it will be
> >undeliverable because of the bogus email address that you entered
> >(WormAlert).  As the first attempt fails the worm goes no further and
> >your friends will not be infected.
> >
> >The second advantage of this is that if an email cannot be delivered
> >you will be notified of this almost immediately.  So if you ever get
> >an email telling you that an email addressed to WormAlert could not
> >be delivered, you know right away that you have a worm virus in your
> >system.  You can then take steps to get rid of it."
> >
> >Clever stuff, huh?
> >
> >John Farrell
> >stridepiano at tesco.net
> >http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
> >
> >
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