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Eruanna · 08-27-2003, 08:09 AM

This e-mail "fix" seems to be doing the rounds as I was also sent it by a friend.
However, if a virus tried to send itself to this aaa@aaa etc address and failed, it would just go onto the next address in your list. Also most viruses (virii?) don't always go for the first address in your address book, but attack randomly. I think that the e-mail gives, quite dangerous advice; practically asking people to invite virii/trojans/worms onto their computers, thinking that they can't spread.

By the way Sharkû, thank you for the "safe computing" sites you gave us. I use ZoneAlarm (and am happy with it) but I also tried out the Spybot S&D. I unknowingly had 475 adware, tracking and spyware programs. After a clean up my pc is running a lot faster
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08-27-2003, 08:09 AM	#11
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	This e-mail "fix" seems to be doing the rounds as I was also sent it by a friend. However, if a virus tried to send itself to this aaa@aaa etc address and failed, it would just go onto the next address in your list. Also most viruses (virii?) don't always go for the first address in your address book, but attack randomly. I think that the e-mail gives, quite dangerous advice; practically asking people to invite virii/trojans/worms onto their computers, thinking that they can't spread. By the way Sharkû, thank you for the "safe computing" sites you gave us. I use ZoneAlarm (and am happy with it) but I also tried out the Spybot S&D. I unknowingly had 475 adware, tracking and spyware programs. After a clean up my pc is running a lot faster [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ August 27, 2003: Message edited by: Eruanna ] [ August 27, 2003: Message edited by: Eruanna ] __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."