Bob Vernall wrote:
Address book with !000
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The way of having a "duff first address" is to use the address !000.
In fact this will do absolutely nothing with the Badtrans virus. It and a lot
of the
current viruses do not glean their email addresses from your address book -
rather
they get them from messages in your inbox (you do clear it don't you..) and html
files in your cache. Even those viruses which do use the address book will
probably
only use a selection - yes you MIGHT get a warning, but it will probably have
sent
all the other mails anyway. Several of the virus sites quote this as a hoax -
perhaps not so, but it should be classed as something which does no harm but
probably
does little good either.
The way to stop viruses is (a) to spot them and delete them before they do any
harm
and (b) keep your virus signatures up to date. If you get to the point of
using the
above tactics it is already too late when you get the warning, you have been
hit!
The advice about turning off the preview pane is good, but will still not in
this
case stop the virus infecting you when you do actually open it if you have not
applied the MS patch. And even if you do, if you then click on the attachment
or
ignore all warning messages you are a fool!
73s Dave G3YMC
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http://www.dsergeant.btinternet.co.uk
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