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  • DVForge Virus Prize offered, rescinded

    03/26/2005 3:53:30 PM PST · by Swordmaker · 22 replies · 463+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | Sat Mar 26, 3:44 PM ET | By Peter Cohen - MacCentral
    DVForge Virus Prize offered, rescinded Mac and iPod peripheral maker DVForge Inc. recently sponsored a US$25,000 prize to be awarded to the first hacker who could infect two Macintosh (news - web sites) computers owned by the company. Less than a day later the company announced the cancellation of the contest, citing legal concerns. The impetus for creating the contest was a recent report from antivirus software maker Symantec Corp. "It is now clear that the Mac OS is increasingly becoming a target for the malicious activity that is more commonly associated with Microsoft and various Unix (news - web...