I got this from www.BraveNet.com today......
First--This is NOT A PATCH OR FIX for a worm virus..!!!! It's just a way to find out if you have one before any damage can be done.....You should have some kind of Virus Protection in place on your system to begin with....
Here's what to do. Open your email address
book and click on "New Contact" or "New Person", just the same as you would to
add a new friend to your list. In the window where you would type your New
Contact's FIRST name, type !000. (That's an exclamation mark followed by 3
zeroes.). Then, in the window prompting you to enter the new email address, type
the word WormAlert. Then complete your entry by clicking "Add", "Enter", "Save",
etc.
Here is what you've done, and why it will work. The "name" !000 will
automatically be placed at the top of your address book as Entry #1. This is
entry where the worm virus will start in its effort to work its way down your
email contact list. But when it tries to mail itself to !000, it will find
itself undeliverable because of the phony email address (i.e. WormAlert) you
entered. Thus the worm's first attempt to spread from your computer will fail,
and it goes no further.
So you've just saved your family, friends and
business contacts a possible tragedy - but what about your files and creations?
Here's the second great benefit of this simple procedure. When an email
cannot be delivered from your computer, you are notified 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 will know right away that you have the
worm in your system. In a scenario where time is often of the essence, you will
be informed at the earliest moment, so that you can take the proper measures to
deal with the virus.
Later,
