Dealing with that badtrans.b worm virus - a new tip

[Neil Ward]

****How to avoid sending that stupid worm virus (or similar things) to all
your contacts (note the irony of forwarding this antivirus tip I read on
another list onto yet another list)****:

"I got a tip from another list on how to mitigate some of the problem with
this type of virus:  if you insert a contact called "000" with no e-mail
address (or an e-mail address of "000") into your address book, these things
will apparently not be able to send themselves out from your system.
Seemingly if they meet an invalid e-mail address they just give up in
disgust."

I've no validation on this, but it's worth a try, methinks.

Before spotting this tip, I had spent several hours downloading an upgrade
to Norton, before I was able to rid myself of badtrans.b.  I'm delighted to
report that my computer is now wearing the cyber equivalent of a gasmask and
chastity belt.  It may not be completely impregnable, but it has certainly
lost its sex appeal.

Neil (who is trying to ignore the possibility the painful ear infection he
picked up is, in fact, the human form of the badtrans.b virus).