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Most malware target Windows because it's the undisputed king of the personal computer market. Were that king Linux or Mac or BSD or god damn Haiku, they would
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Most malware target Windows because it's the undisputed king of the personal computer market.
Were that king Linux or Mac or BSD or god damn Haiku, they would be seeing the brunt of malware attacks instead.
- nonfamous 4y agoDoesn’t most malware target Android these days?
- anthk 4y agoA lot of malware comes from piracy, not from vulns. If people used FDroid instead of downloading pirate APK's from shaddy sites...
- SLWW 4y agoMost people use Android nowadays and a lot of the older generation is seeing a lot of Mac usage as well as iOS. If MS dealt with all their technical debt and built a brand new OS following proper disclosure as well as OSing most of their kernel, you'd see that it would be much harder to exploit. Think of linux that runs over 90% of all servers in the world. How many ransomware attacks have they been hit with?
- trelane 4y agoThis is also true if after and hardware generally