£10,000 Prize for Linux Virus Challenge Re-Issued

mutantcamel writes "Eddie Bleasdale, the director of NetProject has been offering £10,000 to the first hacker to infect his Linux machine with a virus for the last two years, and so far no one has hit the jackpot. He's re-announced his challenge to virus writers following a Gartner report which told IT depts. not to trust MS server software because of recent worm attacks on their servers, but a Microsoft exec said yesterday that the hugely successful worm attacks were due to 'tardy' sysadmins."

Comments

Does it have to be a virus?

[neema]

Does he just want his linux box destroyed or does it have to be a virus? He can give me his address, I'll gladly fly down to his house and smash up his linux box with a bat for 10,000 pounds (that's around 14,534 dollars and 22 cents).

Mac virus

[Quasar1999]

Today, I shall announce an award of $5 (CDN) to who ever can write a virus for a Mac...

So start coding... There is a lot of competition out there...

Slight aside....

[Marcus Brody]

Does anthrax on your keyboard count as a computer virus?

--just a thought. No intent to offend, etc.

I dont think linux is more secure for this kind of thing ;-)

Short Answer: Anthrax isn't a virus.

Re:Windows is secure ....

[Anonymous Coward]

Give me your email address.

I have a picture named britney_topless.jpg.exe that I think you should see.

Re:Windows is secure ....

[iapetus]

$10 Canadian? Bah. I'll offer a bottle of Dr Pepper and a packet of crisps to the first person who can hack into my box located at IP address 127.0.0.1 and delete all the files on it...