[Dixielandjazz] Antivirus trick

[Patrick Cooke]

I listed the !000VirusAlert in my address book, and outlook express told me
that it was not a valid email address, but allowed me to continue anyway.
It occurred to me that an astute hacker could instruct the virus to ignore
any address without @ in it.  So I put in 1000virusalert at virus.com
    Outlook express also underlines anything  with an @ in it, and turns it
blue.  I haven't figured out how to stop it from doing that.
Pat Cooke


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil O'Rourke" <philor at webone.com.au>
To: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:38 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Antivirus trick


> John and others
>
> The method you stated has been talked about before. I am not sure which
> listmate gave the explanation why this does not work as it "logically"
would
> seem to but I can remember the thread.
>
> It does seem like a good idea though.
>
> Phil O'Rourke
> Australia
>
>
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