[luau] Windows hoaxes?

[Mike Lui]

Hi all,

1. Any truth?
2. If it works, then it should work under any platform email client set
up?

Mike

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Subject: FW: Thwarting email viruses


Here's a computer trick that's really ingenious in it simplicity.

As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads
straight for your email address book, and sends itself to everyone in
there,
thus infecting all your friends and associates. This trick won't keep
the
virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using
your
address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact, that
the
worm has gotten into your system.

Here's what you do: first, open your address book and click on "new
address"
just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of
email
addresses.
In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in
AAAAAAA.
In the window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address,

type in WormAlert at somewhere.com. Then complete everything by clicking
add,
enter, OK, etc.
Now, here's what you've done and why it works: The "name" AAAAAAA will
be
placed at the top of your address book as entry #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 AAAAAAA, it will be undeliverable because of the

phony email address you entered (WormAlert at somewhere.com). If the first
attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the worm
goes no
further and your friends will not be infected.

Here's the second great advantage of this method: If an email cannot be
delivered, you will be notified of this in your Inbox almost
immediately.
Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email
addressed to WormAlert at somewhere.com could not be delivered, you know
right
away that you have the worm virus in your system.You can then take steps

to
get rid of it.

Pretty slick huh?  If everybody you know does this then you needn't ever

worry about opening mail from friends. Pass this on to all your friends.