Newton Virus — Freak Out Your Creative Friends

Ladies and gentlemen, in the spirit of causing your friends and coworkers immense emotional chagrin as a fun and worthwhile pastime, Troika has released a $10 "Newton Virus" program. Here's what it will do to your victim's OS X Mac:

This is probably the most entertaining "virus" we've ever seen. Newton Virus is actually harmless — with the exception of the smack you'll probably get for using it on somebody. Choose your victims carefully.

All you have to do is download the app onto a USB, stick the USB in your intended's computer when they're not looking, double click on the app icon, and the program will launch and totally eliminate any evidence that it's there. Take out the USB, wait for your victim to return, and watch them experience a fascinating dilemma 30 seconds into use — the effects of gravity on their desktop. The "virus" lasts one minute.

We use a lot of Macs here at Tonic, and I think I might just see who's actually reading my articles.

If you just think it's cool to watch (and it is), it's also available as a screensaver.