Re: Tip to stop spreading virus

It deals with "Microsoft Outlook". Gives a false sense of
secuity.

More details at:
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2821795,00
.html

Get a good virus program, and UPDATE & RUN it often (doesn't
help to just sit on the computer. ;-).

Cheers,

Tom Walter

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "M. SHABBIR MOGHUL" <shabm@d...> wrote:
> Tip to stop spreading virus
>
>
> Good way to stop spreading viruses thru email
> To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact
> in your email
> address book with the name
> !0000
> With no email address in the details.This contact will
> then show up
> as your first contact.
> If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your
> contact list, your
> pc will put up an error message
> saying that:
> "The Message could not be sent. One or more recipients
> do not have
> an e-mail address.
> Please check your Address Book and make sure all the
> recipients
> have a valid e-mail address."
> You click on OK and the offending (virus) message
> would not have
> been sent to anyone.
> Of course no changes have been made to your original
> contacts list.
> The offending (virus) message may then be
> automatically stored in
> your"Drafts" or "Outbox" folder.
> Go in there and delete the offending message. Problem
> is solved and
> virus is not spread.
> Deepu M.
> Asst. Systems Engineer
> Tata Consultancy Services
> No:11, Niton Building
> Palace Road
> Bangalore
> Tel: 080-2250552 extn 551
> E-mail : mdeepu@b...