Well, my company's Global Address Book is good enough for my purposes,
which is another reason I don't need one.

If I find that my memory isn't good enough to remember an address,
I find that filing old messages in other folders, or archiving them
retains enough addresses to reply-to.  I file old messages from
people I think are important enough, and use that as a address
book instead.

When a virus comes along that starts using addresses found in my 
folders instead of an address book, I guess I'll have to find
another method.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:54 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: The W32.MYPARTY@MM Worm


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I'm sure there are other reasons to not keep a personal address book (PAB).
For instance, I believe that newer versions of Outlook allow one to do with
their contact list everything that PABS did, such as setup one's own
distribution lists. But not using a PAB for fear of viruses does strike me
as overly cautious. I would recommend keeping one's AV scanner and
definitions file current, as well as keeping Windows and Office patched, for
those of us who use them, which is probably the majority of us.

I enjoyed having a look at how our systems handled this copy of the virus,
and shared with Ron some observations that I hope will prove useful. If so,
I hope he will share with the list the results of what he sees. A co-worker
also got a copy from an acquaintance, and it was handled by differently, but
just as safely.

As for the apparent link, www.myparty.yahoo.com, that is an artifact of the
attachment. It was the name of the attachment, not an actual link. But taken
as a URL, that address now redirects to
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020128/ts_nm/tech_mypar
ty_worm_dc_3>, which is a Yahoo! News article, "New Email Worm 'My Party'
Surfaces, Begins to Grow". That was decent of the folks at Yahoo, to handle
it thus.

Besides the original message, this makes the seventh post to discuss the
original message, for those who are counting.

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com
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