DVForge, known to Mac lovers the world ’round for such products as the SightFlex, MacMice, and the Ball, has cancelled its contest in which it offered $25,000 to the first person who wrote a virus directed at OS X, and who could incapacitate at least two PowerMacs.

Wrote DVForge CEO Jack Campbell, “The contest was only cancelled because I was convinced on Saturday morning that there was some minor risk of federal law violation in continuing. I have been stunned by Mac users writing to us who seem to prefer to live in fear and uncertainty, with their heads down, feeling ‘lucky’ for the moment, rather than to actually know the truth.”

According to DVForge, the purpose of the contest was to…

[$25,000 Prize for First Person to Write OS X Virus Cancelled, Continued]