i5 virus contest over, but the game continues on

System i5 security vendor Bytware Inc. has wrapped up its i5 online game, where contestants navigated YouTube videos and searching for clues on different Web sites to solve a fictional System i security mystery, all the while learning about PHP and i5/OS security.

The grand prize winner, who gets a Nintendo Wii, was Anna Musella-Chiasson, a senior iSeries analyst with Canadian company CGI. There were also four winners of $100 gift certificates at Apple: Kristina Alcorn, a senior systems engineer at the Automotive Retail Group in Troy, Mich,; Suzanne Dahms, the executive VP at Union Bank in Lake Odessa, Mich.; John Pfitzner, a programmer at EFCO Corp. in Monett, Mo.; and Patrick Sczypiorski, an applications systems manager at Velvac in New Berlin, Wis.

The game will remain online, although Bytware didn’t say for how long.