Suggested defense against worm

From: mou10man (murderinmontana_at_juno.com)
Date: 09/26/03


Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:57:00 -0700


Thanks. I thought it was too good to be true.

>-----Original Message-----
>http://vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=278&page=3
>the above link answers this for you.in short the answer
is
>no
>Paula
>>-----Original Message-----
>>A suggestion has been made that by inserting the e-mail
>>address: AAAAAAAAAA@AAAAA.AAA in an Outlook or Outlook
>>Express address book, any virus or worm that makes its
>>way in to the system will try to send its message to
this
>>address, obviously fail, and then give up on that
>>machine. Furthermore, the host machine will present the
>>user with an "undeliverable message" to that address,
>>letting the user know that the machine is infected.
>>
>>Does anyone think that this simple suggestion will work
>>as advertised?
>>
>>mou10man
>>.
>>
>.
>



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