Mac virus-writing competition cancelled

Offer of $25,000 reward for OS X virus is withdrawn - for legal reasons

A competition offering a $25,000 reward to the first person to successfully infect two Apple G5 PowerMacs with an OS X virus has been cancelled due to legal reasons and complaints from Mac users.
DVForge, a company specialising in Apple accessories, says it launched the competition 'To lay to rest, once and for all, the myths surrounding the lack of spreading computer virii [sic] on the Macintosh OS X operating system, by sponsoring a contest that challenges virus writers to actually prove that they can introduce a harmless virus into two modern OS X Macs.'.............................................

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