> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: BCC email virus
>
>
> Over the years, I have read mixed reasonings as to whether or
> not the fix
> proposed below works. In theory, it makes sense. Can someone
> convince me,
> without a doubt, which way? Thanks in advance.
>
> Vincent
>
It is better to practice safe computing and secure your system against such
attacks than it is to use such a technique as described. It's far better to
prevent an infection from occuring than it is to use something like a false
email address to catch worms sending to your address book. The problem with
such an approach is that by the time the worm hits your trap address, you're
already infected. Besides, why should the worm stop after failing to send to
the first address?
Secure your system, use antivirus software and keep up on the patches for
your mail client. It isn't very difficult. Conversely, you might consider
switching to an email product that isn't likely to be vulnerable to the
constant flood of attacks targeting Outlook/Outlook Express. Worms that can
propogate through other email clients are extremely rare.
And as someone else mentioned, if you don't want to be hit by email worms,
don't open executable attachments unless you're absolutely certain they're
safe. Use common sense, and you can easily remove the need to have a munged
address at the top of your address book, which would be effectively useless
anyway.
Corey Snow
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