---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Ernie, This is good to know. Perhaps my tip is outdated. Thanks! Greg At 02:14 AM 6/24/2003, you wrote: >Hi, List > >I didn't get the virus email (probably because I haven't posted before), >but as an IT Systems tech I thought some of you might enjoy reading >these info bulletins from McAfee and Norton regarding the "address book" >tricks... FWIW I know on our systems (Outlook), if a send-all email goes >out(including the bogus email address,) I may get a bounce for the bogus >address, but all the rest of the folks in the address books are still >getting the virus email. > >- Ernie Golnik > > > >------------- >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trick.address.bo >ok.entry.html >Does creating an "!0000" or other "trick" address book entry prevent the >spread of viruses? >Last Updated on: November 13, 2002 12:57:49 PM PST > >Messages that claim that you can prevent the spread of email worms and >Trojans by adding a special "trick" entry as the first contact in your >email address book appear fairly frequently. Among the "names" that they >suggest that you add to your address book are: > >!0000 >AAAAAA > >The usual claim is that this will, in one way or another, stop the >threat from spreading. While these are in the strictest definition of >the word, not hoaxes (although the AAAAA version, with its >recommendation to "Pass this on to all your friends" is close), like >hoaxes, they should be ignored and not forwarded. > >The following are two versions of these email messages, followed by >Symantec Security Response recommendations. > ><snip> > >Symantec Security Response recommendations >Although this is technically not a hoax--in theory, it could work with a >few older worms and viruses--Symantec Security Response STRONGLY >recommends that you ignore it. You should not rely on such "fixes" to >prevent the spread of viruses, worms, and Trojans. Also, a hacker could >exploit some variants of this message to make you more susceptible to >loss of confidential information. The best defense against such threats >is to have a current version of Norton AntiVirus installed, make sure >that Auto-Protect is enabled, and update your virus definitions >frequently. In addition, if you are on a network, or if you have a >full-time connection to the Internet (such as cable or DSL), you should >use firewall software. > >Information on Symantec products may be viewed at: >http://www.symantec.com/product/ > >------------- > >http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=3D99213 >AVERT HOAX Notice!! > >McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of an email HOAX. > >The !0000 Hoax is mainly circulating in the Netherlands. The e-mail >content contains a "trick" for stopping mass-mailing routines used by >e-mail worms. > >The basic idea behind the "trick" is to create a dummy e-mail contact >entry which would be named so that it would be first in the address book >list, without an actual associated e-mail address. In theory, this >contact would come up before any valid contacts, and would fail when >accessed by a mass-mailer because it has no e-mail address thus giving >the user the option to stop the mass-mailing. This trick might work for >some mass-mailing worms, but it wouldn't stop the majority of worms >which use e-mail to spread. > >We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass >it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates. > ><snip> > >Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT pass it on. > >McAfee AVERT > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Greg Newell > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:25 PM > > To: Pianotech > > Subject: Re: OT Virus > > > > > > Sure would be nice if everyone just put a bogus address book > > entry, that > > wound up first on the list, in their address books. That > > would stop these > > awful mass mailings in a flash! > > > > Greg Newell > > > > > > > > At 10:09 PM 6/23/2003, you wrote: > > > > >Hi all, > > > > > >Yikes! This one's pretty nasty. It mass-mails people's > > sensitive info > > >(e.g. passwords, financial data, etc.) all over the > > Internet! It also > > >records keystrokes and sends them to the author, and it allows the > > >author access to your computer to do as he wishes with it. > > EEeeeegh! > > >Here's the full description. > > > > > >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.b >ugbear.b@m > >m.htm > >l > > > >For those of you with Norton Antivirus, the definition was apparently > >released June 5. If you click on NAV's status, you can see the dates > >of your last definition download. If it was after the 5th, you are > >protected. If NAV has done a system scan since your last definitions > >download, that means you're probably fine. (My system checks OK, FAIW > >-- but one of our friends has a *serious* security problem and needs to > > >change a lot of passwords and account info pronto!) > > > >Peace, > >Sarah > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >Greg Newell >Greg's piano Fort=E9 >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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