| Status | Hoax | | Comments | A variant of the !0000 hoax, this "tip" instructs users to add the bogus AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA name to their email address book in an effort to thwart email worms. | | Description | Email worms rarely send only to the Windows address book. Even fewer worms send to all addresses at once. Most of today's email worms harvest email addresses from all over the system, including from .TXT, .DOC, and .HTM files, as well as the Windows address book. Most newer worms also contain their own SMTP engine, thus they work independently of the mail client and the supposed alert would never be generated. |
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