On Friday 21 April 2006 07:32, Michael Schurter wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > >> different security approach. > > > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux > > than windows? > > While Linux is more secure-by-design than Microsoft, there is some truth > to the idea that Windows is a bigger target because its more popular. > > Think of it this way: if you were a virus/spyware/malware writer who > would you target? 95% of the market or 5% of the market? Yes, but who runs that 5%? Businesses you want to compromise? Government agency you dislike? There are a number of reasons a platform is targeted. On the other hand, I feel that Windows gets targeted more because it's an easy target: Which would you rather try to crack or crash? The OS with 5% of the world's bugs, or 95%? > Also, Linux users tend to be more technically minded and able to > correctly administer their own computers. That might be true of the administrators, but not necessarily of the users. Everyone where I work is a Linux and HP/UX user, but they're not the ones maintaining the machines. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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