Can't Infect The Mac

DVForge canned its competition to write a virus that will infect an up-to-date PowerMac. The $25,000.00 prize money was offered to the virus writer who was able to bring the latest version of OS X to its knees without the PowerMac running virus protection or a firewall. I can see tons of angry apple lovers rioting and eventually burning down DVForge, much like the end scene in office space.

There were “legal issues” that pulled this contest under the water. I’m a huge Apple fan, and use an iBook notebook. I would have loved to see just how easy it was for someone to take down the Mac OS X Operating System. If a virus was written in 2 hrs, and that virus completely crippled the computer, I’d run out and buy me the best virus protection out there. I’m guessing that it’s a bit more difficult than that hence the $25K prize to anyone who could do so. Many Mac users contacted DVForge and shared a piece of their mind.

Symantec makes Norton Anti-Virus for OS X. Is it a waste of money? DVForge was on their way to finding out. I’m wondering just how much pressure was put on DVForge to cancel this competition by the anti-virus community?

posted by: feeling entropy