Author: Anthony Boynes
Date: 05:53:09 11/29/01
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On November 29, 2001 at 08:47:52, Gabor Szots wrote: >Hi all, > >Once I was given this advice: > >If you want to prevent your computer sending viruses to all the addresses found >in your address list, do the following: > >Add a name like "!0000" to your address list, leaving the e-mail address box >empty. This name will place 1st on the list (due to the "!"). Now when a virus >wants to use your list, it will first find this empty address, which will make >unable to go on to the next name. > >I don't know under which circumstances does it work, but it costs nothing to >give it a try. > >Gábor Thats a myth that offers no real protection. A virus can easily be made to skip the first address book entry, or specifically ignore blank fields.
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