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Yes, it does. Recent versions of Windows (Vista and especially 7) have had security track records at least on par with OS X and desktop Linux. Mac OS X hasn't
by Niten 16y ago
Yes, it does. Recent versions of Windows (Vista and especially 7) have had security track records at least on par with OS X and desktop Linux. Mac OS X hasn't been doing terribly well lately, and Apple is notoriously slow to patch known security flaws, e.g.: http://bit.ly/62bTNQ http://bit.ly/62bTNQ
I'd provide a link to hard data, but for some reason Secunia's taken down their list of unpatched vulnerabilities in OS X (?!), even though they provide this data for most other operating systems, including Windows.
- moe 16y agoSorry, but that simply doesn't matter. Case in point, OSX even had more security advisories published than windows for a while, yet the "experts" still mostly agree OSX is the safer platform; http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10444561-245.html?tag=rtcol;pop http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10444561-245.html?tag=rtco... There's a very simple reason: OSX has around 6% market share, Windows around 80%. Go figure which platform the kids are going to target for the time being. Also feel free to research on which platform the major, semi-automated botnets (Storm, Zeus) are running.
- whatusername 16y ago>>which platform the major, semi-automated botnets (Storm, Zeus) are running. Let me guess - not Windows 7.