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RE: [RC] RC Cure for virus that emails entire address list - RaeThat doesn't work at all: From Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/quickfix.htm There are two major problems with this approach that make it largely ineffective: 1. Most viruses don't attempt to mail themselves to every entry in an infected system's address book, all in one message. They sometimes go through address books sequentially and mail out separate messages to each address encountered, a case in which the phony address at the head of the address book won't do anything to stop the virus from spreading. (The badly-addressed message will bounce, but that won't do anything to prevent the virus from proceeding through the rest of the address book.) Moreover, most viruses go through address books randomly (rather than sequentially) or pick up addresses from a variety of other files resident on infected systems (e.g., read mail messages, HTML files), approaches on which the method advocated above will have no effect whatsoever. 2. Viruses don't send out mail interactively, as people do. Most mail programs include routines to check addresses for valid formatting as the user adds them to the message header form, and those routines prevent the user from proceeding when a badly-formatted address is detected - the problem must be corrected before more addresses can be added or the message sent. But viruses aren't using interactive forms to address messages; they're running in the background, creating and sending messages programmatically rather than interactively, so they never encounter the forms (and the address-checking routines attached to them) intended for humans. Rae Tall C Arabians - Central Region Life isn't like a box of chocolates...it's more like a jar of jalapenos.What you do today, might burn your bum tomorrow. Photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/niepe -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy Houle Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:23 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] RC Cure for virus that emails entire address list I have noticed some ad emails on ridecamp that look like they were the result of viruses. I had this same problem until someone gave me the cure. It goes as follows: Open your address book. Click on "new contact". In name window type "A". For screen name or email address type AAAAAAA@xxxxxxxx The name "A" will be placed at the top of your address book as entry #1. This will be where the worm starts when it tries to send itself to everybody. It will be undeliverable because it is a phony address. It fails and goes no further. Judy ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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