Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo...
by tptacek on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @12:38PM
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First, there is Mac malware.
Second, retail-level malware is a numbers game. Malware isn't cross-platform. A malware author chooses their target based on how remunerative the target is. Windows remains more remunerative than OS X.
There is no fundamental difference between the security models of modern Windows and OS X that accounts for the disparity in malware infections.
Second, retail-level malware is a numbers game. Malware isn't cross-platform. A malware author chooses their target based on how remunerative the target is. Windows remains more remunerative than OS X.
There is no fundamental difference between the security models of modern Windows and OS X that accounts for the disparity in malware infections.
(I'm a Mac user, and have been since ~2001.)