Nancy,

There are many variations on this. Please see http://tinyurl.com/4s73

Les Barnes


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Flesher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:21 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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