Comments for Will adding a bogus entry to my address book stop viruses from emailing?

Comment from Diana on 2009-05-06

2009-05-06T12:46:32Z

But if it does try to send it out, won't you then be notified that it failed? I did this too, and then as a trial I sent it out, only to have my email program (outlook) immediately send me a notice that it failed. So it seems like it would work at least as a notification that something is wrong. Sometimes people you know get infected and send something infected. Just a thought.

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Comment from Chris Orme on 2009-05-05

2009-05-05T23:05:29Z

OK so adding the bogus email will not stop the malware, but the email server will bounce the email back, which indicates that you have a problem?

Maybe, but I get so many bogus bounces every day it would get lost in the noise. And there's no guarantee that the virus isn't spoofing the from address so you wouldn't get the bounce. This is not a useful fix, spend your time on prevention instead.

- Leo
07-May-2009

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