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The First Annual Underhanded C Contest

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the delightfully-malicious dept.

Xcott Craver writes "We have just announced a new annual contest, the Underhanded C Contest, to write clear, readable, innocent-looking C code that implements malicious behavior. The object is to hide evil functionality that survives visual inspection of the source. The prize is beer."

6 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. like this? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    #include stuff.h
    void main()
    {
    /* nothing / */ /* to see / * here */
    /* whats * / challenging / * about */
    /* this */ /* there / is no */ evil /*
    screensaver(); * function */ /* here
    anyone that thinks there is * / needs */
    /* their / * / eyes testing */ ();
    }

    585

    --
    liqbase :: faster than paper
  3. Here you go by titzandkunt · · Score: 5, Funny


    Just tuck it away in a commonly used header file, use touch to restore the last date/time of modification, and you're all set.

    #define void int

    Hours & hours of irritation & confusion!

    T&K.

    --
    Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable...
  4. Re:What are the legal ramifications of this? by bighoov · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you even breathe in that tinfoil cocoon?

  5. Subtlety by Dirtside · · Score: 5, Funny
    The prize is beer.
    ...but the beer is poisoned!
    --
    "Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
  6. how's this? by spongman · · Score: 5, Funny

    int main () { WinExec ("iexplore.exe"); }