Not sure if this works or not--
But I have done it as a precaution anyway,
HOW TO PREVENT YOUR PC FROM SENDING A VIRUS
Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment
of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book?
You can stop this by taking control of your email program. For those who
are unaware, many computer viruses spread themselves by sending
themselves to everyone in your address book. Imagine how you would feel if
you were
unknowingly infected with a computer virus, and worse yet, your
friends, family, and business contacts were being targeted by your computer!
Well, if you want to avoid this sort of thing, here's a great tip:
This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses
(you have to scan those attachments yourself before
opening them to do that), but it will stop those viruses
from latching onto your address book and sending itself out to others.
To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact
in your email address book with the name: !0000 with no email address in the
details.
This contact will then show up as your first contact in your address book.
If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your pc
will put up an error message saying that: "The Message could not be sent.
One or more recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your
Address
Book and make sure all the recipients have a valid e-mail address."
You click on OK and the offending (virus) message will not be sent to
anyone. Of course no changes have been made to your original contacts list.
The offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in your
"Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the offending message.
Problem is solved and virus is not spread. Of course then you should handle
to eliminate the virus from your computer.
Try this and pass on to your email contacts. The more people that use this
technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses that spread in this
manner