Hi Nancy,
This is nothing more than a chain letter hoax that has been circulating the
Internet for three years or more. Legitimate virus warnings and information
originate from those people who deal with it professionally like McCafee and
Symantec, not by a well meaning but misinformed friend or relative who
forwards a warning that's been forwarded forty times already. Without going
into details, read about it on these Web pages:
TruthorFiction.com
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/v/virustip.htm
Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/quickfix.htm
Symantec.com
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trick.address.book.e
ntry.html (copy & paste this one to your address bar)
I suggest that you (and everyone) keep the following list for future
reference. Before you forward something to everyone in your address book
always check to see if it's authentic.
F-Secure Virus Info Center...
http://fsecure.com/virus-info/
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC), U.S. Department of Energy...
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHome.html
Network Associates Virus Alerts...
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/avert/avert-research-center/default.asp
Symantec AntiVirus Research Center...
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html
Cloudeight Virus Alerts, FAQ and Information Page
http://thundercloud.net/help/alert.htm
Stiller Research's Hoax Page...
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC), U.S.
Department of Energy. Information About Hoaxes & Chain Letters:
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxInfo.html#what
TruthOrFiction.com...your Email Reality Check!
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
Search Before you Forward...
http://www.purportal.com/
BreakTheChain.org - Currently Circulating Chain Letters
http://www.breakthechain.org/current.html
Truth About Computer Virus Myths & Hoaxes...
http://www.vmyths.com/
The AFU & Urban Legends Archive...
http://www.urbanlegends.com/
Sven Swanson, Sr.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Flesher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Address Book Virus Protection
Is the following true or a hoax?
E-mail warnings say when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads
straight for your e-mail address book, and sends itself to everyone in
there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.
I am told that if the name AAAAAAA is placed at the top of your address book
as entry #1. This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send
itself to all your friends. But, when it tries to send itself to AAAAAAA, it
will be undeliverable because of the phony e-mail address you entered.
Therefore, if the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony
address), the worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected.
Also if an e-mail cannot be delivered, you will be notified of this in your
IN BOX almost immediately. Hence, if you ever get an e-mail telling you that
an e-mail addressed to AAAAAAA could not be delivered, you know right away
that you have the worm virus in your system. You can then take steps to get
rid of it!
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