Boy, I would sure be interested in the others take on this. If it works what a great way to at least prevent access to the address book.
John On Jul 9, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Neal Hammon wrote: > Nolan: > > This is not exactly an answer to your question, but some time ago, I heard > that if you put a phony email address at the top of your address book, it > would stop hackers at that point from getting the other names. I may have > heard this from someone in our MacGroup. > > Anyhow, I put-- Aaron Aaass, email address, Aaassba@ AAS.ASA, near the top > of my address book, and nothing bad has happened yet. But maybe I'm just > lucky. > > Neal Hammon > > > > > > On Jul 49, 1120102007, at 3:36 PM, Nolan Porterfield wrote: > > As some of you may know, this last week I was victimized by a hacker who got > my e-mail address and tried to scam everyone in my address book. My > daughter, the computer whiz, advises that I need to install a good virus app > -- I'm one of those Mac-users who has always relied on the old notion that > "Macs don't get hacked into very often." (Also, I'm cheap.) I know that > nothing will provide 100% protection, but I will appreciate any suggestions > about what I should buy. > > TIA, > > Nolan > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
