The "Code Red" Mac virus name origin

[Oberon.Smite]

One of my friend told me that this was found inside the code:

 

//OOOOOOH IM DRINKING SO MUCH MOUNTAIN DEW RIGHT NOW

 

Mountain Dew: Code Red inspired it

 

Is this true?

[xvantok]

I wish!

[Guest]

The important thing is, it could be.

[omniomi]

"Code Red" was a computer worm that caused a number of issues in 2001... It wasn't a "Mac virus" though, it attacked IIS servers mostly. It was called Code Red because the security experts who discovered it were drinking Mt. Dew Code Red at the time. If there is a Mac OS X virus going around called Code Red it's probably named after the 2001 worm which in turn was named after the Mt. Dew drink.