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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."

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  1. And we've got a winner! by Flounder · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft Word 6.0 for Mac

    Even a virus would be more useful.

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    No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. - Cmdr. Susan Ivanova

    1. Re:And we've got a winner! by Winckle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sorry, but Mr Gates of Redmond did not win with his entry "Microsoft Word 6.0" because the entry conditions clearly state that the virus must be "harmless and Benign"

  2. Re:In other news, Microsoft... by Stevyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    And after 3 months, it ends up being a virus that requires WINE.

  3. Re:Windows as secure as OSX? by l0perb0y · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course it's running fine. After I root a box I always make sure I keep the patches up to date. Daddy has to keep his hoes clean you know!

  4. Re:Stupid by iCEBaLM · · Score: 3, Funny

    s/their/they're/
    s/theve/they've/

    Remember kids, if you can replace your their or there with "they are" and have it make sense, it's really "they're". If you can replace your "theve" (?) with "they have" and have it make sense, it's really "they've". Contractions!