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"Virus Hoax:
Malicious Code Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 21
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Elf Bowling and Frogapult Hoax Chain Letter
December 1999
Nstorm (http://www.nstorm.com ) has become the victim of a hoax
chain letter stating that two of their games being distributed over
the internet are infected with a virus. The chain letter does not
state what the malicious code is. Listed below is a statement from
Nick Schoeneberger of Nvision Design, Inc., the developer of the
game. CIAC recommends that you check with vendors or other reliable
sources before forwarding warnings that may be bogus. "Our company
has produced a number of freely emailed and downloadable computer
games which have been the subject of a hoax virus warning. We have
contacted Symantec (makers of Norton Anti-Virus) and they have
certified all of our games virus-free on this web page:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/y2kgame.hoax.html"
Keep in mind that while the games available from Nstorm's web page
are virus free, copies that are being e-mailed around the network
could be infected with a virus or could be a Trojan program with the
same name as the original game. To be safe, you should never run
executables that are sent to you by an unknown/untrusted source but
get an original copy directly from the manufacturer's website or
from a trusted downloading site.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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