Cheryl,
I don't believe your numbers. Please reveal your sources, definition of a virus, and versions of operating systems affected.
I have been actively using the Internet for years, and I have regularly used Windows 95 and 98 since before they were released. I have *NEVER*, not once, been infected by a virus. I have had trojan horses sent to me in executables, and my Windows antivirus utilities, of which there are plenty, have caught them.
My Win9x system is also scanned regularly by hackers on the Internet looking for weaknesses in the protocol stack or trojan horses. How do I know that? Because I'm running Black Ice Defender, one of the many personal firewalls available for Windows. These effective 3rd party utilities are available for Windows due to its popularity, which brings me back to my previous point. I do believe that virus writers target Windows more often than other systems, not because it is less secure that MacOS or other client operating systems, but because it's popular.
Would you go so far as to claim that Windows is inherently less secure than current MacOS versions? Do you include Apple in your indictment? If I were so inclined (which I'm not), I'm sure I could double, triple, or quadruple the number of viruses you're claiming are on MacOS in a day. I believe that even before Windows existed, I heard of more real Unix viruses (or worms) than you have listed as the total found. Do you believe that Java itself is completely secure? Which version?
Unless you can back up your claims with facts or show some modicum of objectivity, your posts do not have any credibility.
Mike |
