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| A guy I work with, whose job it is to be paranoid about such things, has sent us a red-hot intra-office Email warning us that a goofy little freeware game called "elf bowling" is a virus set to go off on Xmas day. All the usual bells and whistles, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I believe virus warnings from TWO places- my sysadmin at work and McAfee's site. I NEVER beleive anything that is "please pass this along to evreyone you know" Almost always a hoax. Chris (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| I checked with both Norton's and Network Associates web sites and they both confirmed it is a hoax. From a system administrative point of view, I couldn't be happier that it is. You wouldn't BELIEVE how many of our people are playing that game... My (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Darn, and I thought my 191 was a good score :) Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I agree, of course, but as I said it's the guy's job to be paranoid, and he's very good at it. I don't know where he heard about it in the first place, though... Thanks to all who've posted in reply! Dave! (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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