computer trick

[Norm reynolds]

I found this trick tonight this is suppose to stop a worm from going to your address book on your e-mail
First open your address and click on add new contact or new person just as you would add new friends to your e-mail list address book

Second in the window where you would type in your friends FIRST name put in
!000 ( that’s an exclamation mark followed by three zeros) In the window below where it prompts you to enter the new e-mail address type in WormAlert
Third Then complete every thing by clicking add enter ok and make sure to put this on top of all your address Now here is what you have done and why it works the name !000 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 the it tries to send itself to !000 it will be undeliverable because of the phony e-mail address you entered
(WormAlert) 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 Microsoft has a new security update patch for explorer as of last night so a windows update would be wise