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> Windows 10 was found to have the highest proportion of vulnerabilities of any OS (395), 46% more than Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (265 each). https://www.avect

• SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
  That's for vulnerabilities found in 2016 though, right? It would make sense that more are found in W10 (which was 5-17mos in 2016) than W8 (which was 40-52mos in 2016), because of their relative time on the market. To answer the question, we'd have to look at W10 at this point in its life-cycle compared to W8 at a similar point (and control for things like more active vuln researchers).
  • rattray 10y ago
    (I think you meant to reply to the parent)
• ksk 10y ago
  Whether or not Windows 10 is secure, I don't consider that report to be representative of the OS itself. Literally the first 5 "windows" bugs I clicked on were adobe vulnerabilities.
  • rickycook 10y ago
    not that i'm saying that this is the case for the adobe vulnerabilities, but in practical terms the ecosystem is pretty tightly coupled to "the OS" when it comes to security. if your OS needs a ton of cruft bolted onto it to make it useful, and that cruft has security issues then compare that to an OS that doesn't need that cruft, or has a more security software ecosystem. for example, adobe reader vs macos preview. ecosystem is hard to change, and not entirely the fault of the owners/developers/etc of the software, but it's still important