The “A”'s have it!
> >
> > HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK
> > I learned a computer trick today that’s really ingenious in it’s
> > simplicity. Just received it from a friend.
> > As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it
> >heads
> > straight for your e-mail 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
> > contact”, Just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to
> >your
> > list of e-mail addresses.
> > In the window where you would type your friend’s first name, type in
> > AAAAAAA. Also use address AAAAAAA@a.aaa
> > Now. Here’s what you’ve done and why it works: The name AA! AAAA 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 e-mail address you entered.
> > 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 e-mail
> >cannot
> > be
> > delivered, you will be notified of this in your In Box almost
> > immediately.
> > Hence, if you ever get an e-mail telling you that an e-mail
> >addressed
> > to
> > AAAAAAA 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 need not ever worry about
> > opening mail from friends. Pass this on to all you friends
That’s not nearly the sure fire method your friend seems to think it is. Alot of viruses pull addresses out at random, or copy everything after the @ and start making up it’s own addresses.
The best way to protect yourself from these is good antivirus software and consistantly updating it. Usually within about 8-12 hours after a virus has hit updates become available.
HEY:mad: my e-mail is AAAAAA@aa.aaa
how he get it