The popular NStorm games 'Elf Bowling' and 'Frogapult' are infected with damaging viruses that will be activated on December 25, 1999.

It is apparently another virus hoax like so many that have been circulated.

No infected copy of 'Elf Bowling' or 'Frogapult' has been found.

'Elf Bowling' and 'Frogapult' have been widely circulated by email from friend to friend.

There is the remote possiblity that a copy of 'Elf Bowling' or 'Frogapult' was modified or substituted with a virus or Trojan Horse that could damage your computer and then distributed via email. In general, it is unwise to use programs from untrusted sources, even if they are your best friends.

If you like 'Elf Bowling' or 'Frogapult,' you can download authentic, sound copies of the games from NStorm here.

• NStorm - False Virus Rumor from NVision Design
• F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: ELFBOWL and FROGPULT hoaxes from F-Secure Corporation
• FROGAPULT, ELFBOWL, Y2KGAME Virus Hoax from the Symantec Antivirus Research Center
• Virus Hoax from the McAfee Virus Information Library
• Sophos campaigns to save Christmas elves from cruelty from Sophos Antivirus

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