However, one e-mail isn't enough for me to pull the download, plus, the author of the mail said he didn't know if it was factual or not. So, I wrote the Elf Bowling company, NStrom , and requested information regarding this rumor. What concerns me here is that the some of the e-mails I received were not addressed to just me, but were a mass mailing. This means that one person receives the hoax virus warning, and they mail it to 50 of their friends who in return mail it to 50 of their friends, and so on. We no longer gossip on the phone with one individual, we gossip through mass e-mailings.
Viruses are nothing to take lately, and have increased on the web in numbers.
You have to realize that as individuals become more adapt at the PC and how it works, the increase in viruses by malicious individuals will also increase. Plus, the number of users of computers has risen dramatically. Everyone should have a virus scanner, and keep it updated regularly. It is the responsibility of every PC owner to keep their virus scanner updated. With Y2K just around the corner, and people really unsure of what will happen, I see the potential for these hoaxes to increase.