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Large Prize Offered For Writing Mac Virus

Posted by Zonk on from the come-get-some dept.

Mordant writes "Some experienced Mac developers are offering a $25K prize to the first person to successfully infect two 'naked' Internet-connected Macs running stock Apple software. The best part is that if any Symantec employee succeeds in infecting the Macs, the prize goes up to $50K (Symantec has been fanning the flames of totally bogus "Macs aren't more secure, it's just that Windows is a bigger target" technical-equivalence propaganda)!" Update: 03/26 20:24 GMT by Z : Well, that was quick. Jack Campbell has cancelled the contest, after he "...was contacted by a large number of Mac users, and Mac software professionals who shared their thinking with me about the contest."

3 of 669 comments (clear)

  1. Publicity stunt, folks, nothing to see here, by melted · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Writing viruses is illegal. You'll be in jail 15 minutes after you claim your $25K.

  2. Re:I'm calling Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    > I have been running Windows 2000 for years, and there is no
    > spyware.

    HAHAHA ROFL!

    oh you crack me up!

    I've known so many people to make statements like this. Dozens. More than I can care to count or remember.

    A cursory glance at their machines reveals they have spyware, malware and adware.

    I call bullshit on YOU.

    Not knowing how to recognise malware does not equate to not having it.

    LOL!

  3. So you're running a neutered w2k by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why not turn the power off too, it'll be the safest...

    The Windows product family is unsafe by design. It just simply is broken. Anyone claiming otherwise does not know what they're talking about; they either refuse to see the facts or base their beliefs not on cold, technical facts but happy feel-good marketing material.