--On Monday, January 28, 2002 7:16 AM -0600 "Mark Palmer, CCNA" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> What do you think about the following method to "prevent" a virus
> from doing its work....
>
> 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 !000 (That's an exclamation mark
> followed by 3 zeros).  In the window below where it prompts you to
> enter the new E-mail address, type in <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

This method will not necessarily work; it's a myth.  See:

http://vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=263&page=3&cat=Poor%20advice%20from%20non
-experts
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml#bang0000

for more information.

-- 
Su Wadlow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Faculty/Staff Support

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