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I received this message this morning and thought it had merit...
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Stopping The Spread of Email Viruses
A clever and simple solution.
This tip won't prevent you from getting viruses (you still have to scan
those attachments
before opening them), but it will stop those viruses from latching onto
your address book
and sending itself out to others.
To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a Contact in your e-mail
Address Book with the
name: !0000 and NO e-mail address. This contact will then show up as your
first contact in
your Address Book. 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
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 "Out box"
folder. Go in
there, delete the offending message and give your system a thorough
work-over with a
reputable anti-virus software package.
Problem is solved and virus is not spread. Try this and pass on to your
e-mail contacts.
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Note: This works with Outlook Express and Eudora. It won't work where the
email package requires an email address for each entry.
Also a visit to firewallcheck.org is recommended.
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