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Old 09-30-2001, 04:00 PM
12dn94dst 12dn94dst is offline
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In case you do open a worm virus...

FYI a worm is the type of virus that sends it self to everyone in your address book when it's opened.

OTHER NEWS: COMPUTER TIP
How to avoid spreading a virus

Here's a great tip to avoid SPREADING a virus. 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.
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