> Subject: Will this work??
>
> 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 email address. [...]

The big "if":  IF a virus attempts to do a "send all" rather than
sending to a few addresses at a time or one at a time.  Or, like
SirCam, plucking addresses out of other places (e.g. the web cache)
instead of limiting itself to your address book.

                                        -- Glenn
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