A common misconception among computer users is that Macs are virus-free – they aren’t. It’s just that there are less people who use Macs, so there aren’t as many viruses targeted towards them. I haven’t had any problems with my MacBook but I did come across this extremely interesting virus.

It’s called the Newton Virus. What it does is it makes desktop icons and the taskbar susceptible to the force of gravity. It uses the MacBook’s built in accelerometer to do so. It doesn’t harm the computer in any way, nor does it send itself to other computers.

So it’s not really a virus. Just a neat little app they’re calling an “art virus”.

What makes it even stupider is that YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. That’s right. It costs $7 dollars just to download it so you can install it onto your own USB drive.

Here’s a video of it in action: