Comments on: Mac OS X viruses

Mac OS X viruses

indices — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:35:25 -0800

Putting his money where his mouth is regarding the recent Symantec (Norton Utilities, Anti-Virus etc.) Mac OS X virus claims...? Seems not to be, but the fellow who was sponsoring the $25,000 reward has a, shall we say, checkered past. Mac users are still waiting for the first real attack. I could live without it, but this particular religious war (however insane and inane it can get) does liven up our computing experience. If the pop-unders at MacDailyNews get around your browser's pop-up blocker, go here.

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:20:05 -0800

isn't that a bit irresponsible? if there was some stipulation that the virus can't do damage to host machines, i missed it. isn't funding a crime illegal?

By: nathan_teske

nathan_teske — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:37:33 -0800

Errr.. this 'contest' is sponsored by Jack Campbell, a man who is absolutely infamous in the Mac community for a series of lies, deceits, and outright frauds. Macintouch has a nice chronolog of Campbell's activities, starting with the Mac Table fraud and running up through the current virus scheme. He's a huckster, move on, nothing to see here.

By: nathan_teske

nathan_teske — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:39:24 -0800

Oh cripes... I should really click-thru all the links in the post before shooting my mouth off.

By: ouchitburns

ouchitburns — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:42:57 -0800

he has already given up on this little game: I have been convinced that the risk of a virus on the OS X platform is not zero, although it is remarkably close to zero.

By: sninky-chan

sninky-chan — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:19:33 -0800

When I first read this on /. , I perhaps too charitably assumed the machines to be infected were in a controlled environment. I guess not. I agree with the sentiment ("Shut up, Symantec"), but yeah, this was misguided to say the least.

By: berek

berek — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:22:31 -0800

UM, is it just Berek, or is anyone else mystified as to why anyone would use a Mac instead of a real computer?

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:26:02 -0800

It is just Berek. Who is Jack Campbell, and why does he hate the Mac? Who?! Who doesn't want to wear ze ribbon?! /Cedric

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:55:20 -0800

why anyone would use a Mac instead of a real computer? *chuckles and pats his BSD-based supercomputer that he reboots once a month and hasn't reinstalled in over 3 years*

By: pixelgeek

pixelgeek — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:55:24 -0800

UM, is it just Berek, or is anyone else mystified as to why anyone would use a Mac instead of a real computer? Its good to see that the subtle art of trolling isn't dead

By: indices

indices — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:11:35 -0800

Slashdot thread is great...

By: fungible

fungible — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:32:26 -0800

Hey, I'll give $25,000 to anyone who can break into my car and drive it into the river! Who's gonna take me up on it?

By: Down10

Down10 — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:51:30 -0800

It's over: DVForge cancels Mac OS X Virus Prize Contest

By: drezdn

drezdn — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:53:16 -0800

Now I'm going to create a Mac-based virus just because I'm pissed the contest was canceled. If only I knew how.

By: ninthart

ninthart — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:46:35 -0800

UM, is it just Berek, or is anyone else mystified as to why anyone would use a Mac instead of a real computer? You, sir, are a philistine. Again.