Fwd: (Fwd) GROUP/Virus Prevention. I decided to forward this old message just in case. Who knows, maybe smb will find it useful.

[Maryna Vinarska]

--- Lynne Macko <lmacko at cas.albany.edu> wrote:
> From: "Lynne Macko" <lmacko at cas.albany.edu>
> To: LLC Faculty & Staff,
>               LLC Lecturers,
>               LLC Teaching & Graduate Assistants
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:35:21 -0400
> Subject: (Fwd) GROUP/Virus Prevention
>
> I ran this advice by CAS Computing and a few other
> comptuer geeks I
> know.  The consensus is that it could well work and
> is worth a
> try....
>
> Lynne
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> Date sent:            Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:12:01 -0400
> From:                 Armand Baker
> <afbaker at compuserve.com>
> Subject:              GROUP/Virus Prevention
>
> On the subject of avoiding viruses, here's something
> you can do:
> 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
> yourcomputer!
>
> 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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