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Great Tip on How to Stop Spreading a Computer Virus

[Editor's Note: I got this tip from the Keylontic Science chat list <KeylonticScience@yahoogroups.com> digest #363. It has multible forwards, so I'm not sure who the author is, but whoever it is, thanks.]
August 27, 2001
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/2001/cnvirustip27aug01.shtml
From: "L. Hansen" <hansen@nidlink.com>
Subject: Fw: virus tip
From: Ellen Frantz
To: virus tip
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Please forgive the multiple post, but in light of all the recent trouble the various lists have had with viruses, this is especially apropos. A friend of mine sent me this tip and I felt it was worth sharing with all of you. Take care and God bless, love, Bear
FYI
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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