Guest cabo Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 I'm not sure if there is any merit to it or not, but I was told that if you add a contact to your address book such as !0000 it will prevent mailing out of your address book by a virus. "Supposedly" this is the first contact the virus will try send to and it would be rejected by the server. Anyone heard of this or know if there is any merit to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 snuck or sneaked.... C'mon, which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 It's called wormalert and it's !000!000. Does it work? Don't know, I've never opened an attachment with a virus so until that fateful day, just guessing/hoping it will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 "Snuck" is an Americanism first introduced in the 19th century as a nonstandard regional variant of "sneaked". Widespread use of "snuck" has become more common with every generation. It is now used by educated speakers in all regions. Formal written English is more conservative than other varieties, of course, and here "snuck" still meets with much resistance. Many writers and editors have a lingering unease about the form, particularly if they recall its nonstandard origins. And 67 percent of the Usage Panel disapproved of "snuck" in our 1988 survey. Nevertheless, an examination of recent sources shows that "snuck" is sneaking up on "sneaked". The Americans love to change everything colour/color...neighbour/neighbor etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest regular joe Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Hmm... I never heard of that but I'll have to investigate that further. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jazz Monkey Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 The intent is to create an invalid email address that will appear alphabetically first in your contact list. Now suppose you unknowingly get a virus that sends itself to the addresses in your contact list it may stumble on the invalid address. At the least you should get an automated "message undeliverable" in your inbox from your ISP saying that the message to "xxx" (your invalid contact) encountered a problem. Obviouly you would not sent a message to an address that you know is invalid so this should set off bells in your head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jazz Monkey Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 The intent is to create an invalid email address that will appear alphabetically first in your contact list. Now suppose you unknowingly get a virus that sends itself to the addresses in your contact list it may stumble on the invalid address. At the least you should get an automated "message undeliverable" in your inbox from your ISP saying that the message to "xxx" (your invalid contact) encountered a problem. Obviouly you would not sent a message to an address that you know is invalid so this should set off bells in your head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Deleted all 90 quarantined files. Have run 2 full system scans, one last night, the other this morning. Nothing. When I go into my registry, don't find any of the files Norton says I should. So hopefully I am clean. Thanks for you help again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Thank you Kip, very interesting. Now, back to the virus. I just opened my e-mail at work, and lo and behold, a message from "support@microsoft.com" titled "re; movie". I moved it to the trash bin without opening it, and called the no-help/help desk. The gentleman I spoke with knows nothing about this virus, and insists they are runnung the most up-to-date anti-virus software available (Norton). So he says, "just forget about it". Later, I'm reading the newspaper, and Reuters says it's spreading quite quickly. This is why I call them the "no-help/help desk". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Financial Guy Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 RJ, I received the boss.com one yesterday. I recall receiving it several months ago as well - so you're not alone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ex-SkyGeek Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 The current worm of the week, Palyh, continued to spread rapidly Monday afternoon, with some users seeing as many as a dozen copies an hour. The worm first appeared over the weekend in Asia and Europe and began spreading in earnest here Monday. Palyh's behavior and appearance should hold no surprises for veteran computer users, experts said. ADVERTISEMENT "Any e-mail arriving from an address like 'support@microsoft.com' containing an attachment should look like a huge billboard reading 'I am a virus' to every computer user," said Ian Hameroff, security strategist at Computer Associates International Inc., in Islandia, N.Y. "We all need to be wary of anything that arrives unexpectingly and includes executable attachments because virus creators will continue to use social engineering tactics for as long as they work. This worm will have its greatest impact in the home computer space since most, if not all, enterprises employ a policy of blocking attachments types like .PIF." more... http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1094214,00.asp?kc=EWTH102099TX1K0100487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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