MaybeNextTime Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) Really? What about Adobe? Or Siemens? Or Apple? Most software whether operating system, browser, manufacturing systems or portable document readers are susceptible to an attack. Some can be secured by better coding, some protected by anti-virus technologies, others by simply using with caution. The problem with Windows machines and software running on them is they are a much bigger target than smaller userbases such as Mac or Linux. Therefore more malicious code is written to attack it and more coders know Windows environments than the others. Purely a numbers game. The one thing AV and the likes can't protect is the end user and his/her behaviour. Yes, really really. The over whelming majority of viruses run only in a MS OS despite a massive installed user base for Linux (most Internet & mail servers) and Apple (which from OSX basically is Linux anyway). It all started when MS thought that letting every user have the same privileges as an administrator was a good idea and went down hill from there. I could expand into threaded processes with their own user privileges and a workable read/write/execute permissions structure but I don't want to tempt you to the dark side. MS gets better ever generation and although I have no direct experience of viruses under Windows7 I'd expect it to be pretty good so along as you run a decent AV. Edited April 7, 2011 by MaybeNextTime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoTshoT-16 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 the ba***rds, i hate them, my computer disabled itself and never recovered. had to get it wiped and fully re programmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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