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Considering a lot of intrusions happen via the web browser / plugins installed in the web browser (flash/java come to mind right off the bat), I don't think XP

• aikah 12y ago
  it's a coktail,you cant only blame flash or java,the browser and the os running these stuff shares some responsibility.
  • Dylan16807 12y ago
    Exactly how is the OS supposed to stop an exploited browser from doing anything malicious? Even if you have strict access controls like SELinux, that won't stop a browser from participating in a DDOS attack and changing settings like cache or homepage to get reinfected next session. And if you don't have strict access controls, like 99% of desktops, the exploited browser can freely install all the user-mode malware it wants. So XP vs. not-XP is completely meaningless at this stage.
• zuck9 12y ago
  Even if everything was up to date, you still can't make sure that you don't get infected. The common hobby for kids these days: finding and writing exploits