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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 739007"><p>Windows is more secure only to the extent that discovering, reporting and patching vulnerabilities and other weaknesses is ongoing. However, the rate of doing so is not fast enough. It will never be fast enough. It probably can never be substantially faster than it is today.. There are a ton of undiscovered and upatched vulnerabilities and weaknesses in Windows and the programs that run on it. And malc0ders are developing new and innovative ways to compromise Windows systems. So Microsoft and everybody else always remain behind the 8 Ball.</p><p></p><p>It is not economically rewarding to target and attack Linux. That is why malc0ders do not target the OS.</p><p></p><p>Malware and making money from it is a numbers game. The more systems you attack with widely-used, popular software\OS, the more financially rewarding that it is. Since Windows is the most prevalently used OS world-wide, and users run the most exploited programs on it along with generally poor or non-existent security practices, the malc0ders target Windows.</p><p></p><p>Windows, and programs that run on Windows, are a treasure trove of undiscovered and unpatched vulnerabilities and weaknesses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="509322, post: 739007"] Windows is more secure only to the extent that discovering, reporting and patching vulnerabilities and other weaknesses is ongoing. However, the rate of doing so is not fast enough. It will never be fast enough. It probably can never be substantially faster than it is today.. There are a ton of undiscovered and upatched vulnerabilities and weaknesses in Windows and the programs that run on it. And malc0ders are developing new and innovative ways to compromise Windows systems. So Microsoft and everybody else always remain behind the 8 Ball. It is not economically rewarding to target and attack Linux. That is why malc0ders do not target the OS. Malware and making money from it is a numbers game. The more systems you attack with widely-used, popular software\OS, the more financially rewarding that it is. Since Windows is the most prevalently used OS world-wide, and users run the most exploited programs on it along with generally poor or non-existent security practices, the malc0ders target Windows. Windows, and programs that run on Windows, are a treasure trove of undiscovered and unpatched vulnerabilities and weaknesses. [/QUOTE]
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