Getting attention with a fake PSA, but it's still spam... I'm not blocking by IP because I'm uncertain of mail.com's current hat color.
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Subject: Virus Worm Alert from NetCash!
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:37:32 +1100
From: NetCash <sendnow@email.com>
Subject: Virus Worm Alert from NetCash!
To: rwelty@krusty-motorsports.com
Hi! Folks,
I got this today and have no idea whether it works or not,
but it sounds good and may protect you from spreading that
empty email worm that is infesting everybody's mailbox now.
I have installed it but l can't yet tell if it works but it can do no
damage.
Use your own discretion.
Kind Regards,
Brian Jackson.
NetCash
WORM
Here's a computer trick today that's very important and ingenious in its
simplicity. As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer
it heads straight for your email address book and sends itself to everyone
in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.
This trick won't keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it
will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and it will
alert you to the fact that the worm attacked your system.
First, open your address book and click on "new contact" just as you
would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email
addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's first name
type in !000 (exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros).
In the window below where it prompts you to enter the new email address,
type in "WormAlert," which of course, isn't a real email address. Then
complete everything by clicking Add and OK
Now, here's what you've done and why it works: the "name" !000 will be
placed at the top of your address book as entry #1.
This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all
your friends. But when it tries to send itself to !000, it will be
undeliverable because of the phony email address you entered (WormAlert).
If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address),
the worm goes no further and your contacts will not be infected.
Here's the second great advantage of this method: if an email cannot be
delivered, you will be notified of this in your InBox almost immediately.
Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to
WormAlert could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the
worm virus in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it!
Since cyberterrorism may be on the rise...please pass it on.
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Once again this cannot be considered spam.