OK Deanna - I do trust what Snopes says so I suppose that puts an end to my "little trick" LOL
But what they say about a good anti-virus programme is absolutely spot on. I have Kaspersky and am very happy with it. Karen From: deanna7 Cohen [mailto:dean...@msn.com] Sent: 30 March 2010 23:25 To: kaza...@melita.com Cc: Arachne Subject: RE: [lace] mail warning / putting aaa...in your address book I, too, did this a long while ago but snopes says it is a false assumption. The link with the explanation is below. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/quickfix.asp deanna in Texas <http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/rainbow.gif> "And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln My Blog: http:// <http://eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.com/> eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.com <http://www.eclectic-meanderings.blogspot.com/> / > From: kaza...@melita.com > To: tess1...@aol.com; lace@arachne.com > Subject: RE: [lace] mail warning > Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:22:37 +0200 > > Tess - one piece of advice I give everybody is that the first address in > your address book should always be a ficticious one such as > "aaaaa....@aaaaaa.aaa". You can also include numbers, but it must always > remain at the top of the list. Since viruses that are spread by email are > usually passed "through" the address book, the first one will not be able to > go out, supposedly nipping the process in the bud. Even better is that since > the message will not be able to be sent, you will receive an automated > message to that effect. Since you would not use that address at all, the > message will immediately alert you to the possible presence of a virus > enabling you to take immediate steps to rectify. > Karen in Malta > _____ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started. <http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON: WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3> - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
