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I'm typing this from a leaflet I picked up from the Maesteg Computer Repairs, Love Susan.

     I learned a new computer trick today thats really ingenious in its simplicity.  As you know, 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.

     This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact that the worm has entered into your system.

     Here's what you do:  First, open your address book and click on "new contacts," just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of addresses.  In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in "A".  For the screen name or e-mail address, type AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA.

     Now, here's what you've done and why it works:  The "name" "A" will be 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@AAA.AAA, it will be undeliverable because of the phoney e-mail address you entered.  If the first attempt fails (which it will, because of the phoney address), the worm goes no further and your friends will not be infected.

     Here's the second great advantage of this method:  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@AAA.AAA could not be delivered, you know right away that the worm virus is in your system.  You can then take steps to get rid of it!

     If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail from your friends.

           By Mr. David Murry.

Great advice Susan, I will try it. Thanks for posting it.

Cher x ^j^

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