FROGAPULT, ELFBOWL, Y2KGAME Virus Hoax
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Privacy Policy FROGAPULT, ELFBOWL, Y2KGAME Virus Hoax
Aliases: Hoax
Infection Length: Hoax
Area of Infection: Hoax
Likelihood: Hoax
Region Reported: Email
Characteristics: Hoax
Description
The following message has been sent out by email. It is a hoax. The
program mentioned in the virus hoax exists but does not contain a virus.
The hoax message includes the following "warning":
TO ALL
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED ANY OF THESE
GAMES = FROGAPULT.EXE ELFBOWL.EXE
(FROG GAME) & (ELF BOWLING GAME)
PLEASE CAN YOU DELETE THEM COMPLETELY
OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM AS THEY BOTH
HAVE A DELAYED VIRUS ATTACHED TO THEM
THAT WILL BE ACTIVATED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY AND WILL WIPE OUT YOUR SYSTEM.
LET EVERYONE KNOW OF THIS.
Symantec AntiVirus Research Center has received many submissions of these
programs developed by NVISION DESIGN,INC including Y2KGAME.EXE and has all been
confirmed to be free of viruses. Power users can confirm if the program are
clean by comparing the CRC-32 and size of these programs using PKZIP software:
a.. FROGPULT.EXE, CRC32: e0b827fa, SIZE: 1021952 bytes
b.. ELFBOWL.EXE, CRC32: ae35e713, SIZE: 1130496 bytes
c.. Y2KGAME.EXE, CRC32: 80a08aeb, SIZE: 1830612 bytes
As part of the game specifications, these games may report information
over the Internet each time the games are played. For more information, please
contact the developers of these games directly.
Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed "virus" and do not pass
on any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax serves only to
further propagate it.
Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
December 8, 1999
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Use the index files to locate virus information by name: A-Am Dn-Dz H-Hm
Kn-Kz O-Om R-Rm U-Um X-Xm
An-Az E-Em Hn-Hz L-Lm On-Oz Rn-Rz Un-Uz Xn-Xz
B-Bm En-Ez I-Im Ln-Lz P-Pm S-Sm V-Vm Y-Ym
Bn-Bz F-Fm In-Iz M-Mm Pn-Pz Sn-Sz Vn-Vz Yn-Yz
C-Cm Fn-Fz J-Jm Mn-Mz Q-Qm T-Tm W-Wm Z-Zm
Cn-Cz G-Gm Jn-Jz N-Nm Qn-Qz Tn-Tz Wn-Wz Zn-Zz
D-Dm Gn-Gz K-Km Nn-Nz 0-9 and Special Characters
Cross-reference data provided by Project VGrep.
Implemented with permission of Virus Bulletin.