Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, Found Footage, Holidays
Be afraid, be very afraid. Macintosh virus caught on film (happy Halloween)
No, not really.
The guys at Apple retailer and repair shop BeamEcho in Toronto, Ontario, Canada decided to make a horror epic for the ages and came up with the ultimate nightmare: a Mac virus. Just in time for Halloween, TUAW presents their very scary film. The production values are just what you'd expect for a shooting budget of $6. Watch this one with lights on, kids...
The guys at Apple retailer and repair shop BeamEcho in Toronto, Ontario, Canada decided to make a horror epic for the ages and came up with the ultimate nightmare: a Mac virus. Just in time for Halloween, TUAW presents their very scary film. The production values are just what you'd expect for a shooting budget of $6. Watch this one with lights on, kids...
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Scott Hamilton said 8:48AM on 10-27-2008
The music from Suspiria is a nice touch.
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Øivind said 1:45PM on 10-27-2008
And the "I live ... again" quote from Evil Dead: Army of Darkness, with the Necronomicon eyes in the (Necro)Macbook. Great stuff.
gozer said 9:03AM on 10-27-2008
nice vid from the best toronto reseller.
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Galley said 9:06AM on 10-27-2008
Cheese-tastic!
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RadicalxEdward said 9:21AM on 10-27-2008
For a low budget short like that, i thought that was pretty creative.
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RadicalxEdward said 9:21AM on 10-27-2008
This makes me think we totally need to see like, a UFC fight between the plastic MacBook and the new MacBrick.
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Patriks7 said 9:26AM on 10-27-2008
Very creative :P
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algarve golf said 9:28AM on 10-27-2008
that was a really cool video i bet everyone is downloading the latest antivirus
http://www.algarvegolftravel.com
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moler said 9:47AM on 10-27-2008
Crazy Canucks!
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John said 10:17AM on 10-27-2008
Wow, the scariest part was when he pulled out that flash drive--WITHOUT EJECTING IT FIRST!!!
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Jash Sayani said 10:28AM on 10-27-2008
Noooo!!! Its the Mac Murder Mystery!!!
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KJ said 11:34AM on 10-27-2008
Couldn't they have just installed Adobe CS3 on it? That seems to kill my MacBook every now and again.
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waiownsyou said 12:05PM on 10-27-2008
Being killed by a Mac Pro is a pretty legit way to die. Hell, that's how I want to die.
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Jorge said 12:07PM on 10-27-2008
Funny video from the worst mac retailer in Toronto. Now put this kind of passion into your service and store.
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J-Lab said 3:09PM on 10-28-2008
Really? Our customers seem to believe the opposite, as do peoples choice awards from Eye and Now Magazines.
Robocub said 12:49PM on 10-27-2008
Not bad, creepy in fact. Love the Goblins/Suspiria soundtrack. Better watch out for those copyright lawyers though.
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AbusedBeamEchoCustomer said 1:09PM on 10-27-2008
The locals do *not* like BeamEcho (formerly CPUsed).
At all.
Here is where a BeamEcho employee mistakenly posted the video/hoax/trick/lame attempt at free advertising locally:
http://www.ehmac.ca/anything-mac/70661-warning-mac-virus-discovered.html
Avoid this place like the plague--except the plague gets better press.
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gozer said 8:40PM on 10-27-2008
no. cpused is unliked by carbon computing fanboys and ehmac forum members. they are well liked by the community but ehmac is an (pardon the pun) echo chamber for entitled and bitchy canadian mac users. all the resellers have their strong points but some people love to complain.
ghostshadow said 2:09PM on 10-27-2008
Haha,
I love it allot! Great video.
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Sabi said 2:59PM on 10-27-2008
yeah....music wasn't that good, but video was tight...
actually i take that back music was aiight
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