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Your original statement was: >Practically every instance of malware runs on Microsoft Windows. Even according to Google, about 5 million Android devices are i

Your original statement was: >Practically every instance of malware runs on Microsoft Windows. Even according to Google, about 5 million Android devices are infected with malware. http://bgr.com/2014/06/26/google-on-android-malware-and-security/ http://bgr.com/2014/06/26/google-on-android-malware-and-secu... I would suppose that your statements aren't support by fact, but the HN downvotes have got me thinking.

moe 12y ago
If "5 million" sounds like a large number to you then this may help to put it into perspective; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet#Historical_list_of_botnets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet#Historical_list_of_botne...
- ntakasaki 12y ago
  First, were you referring to instances of malware, not membership in botnets. Second, we disagree on the meaning of the phrase "practically every".
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    Instances of malware must necessarily be >= sizes of botnets.
Arnt 12y ago
Goole said "Well less than 0.5% have ever had a problem", you quote a blog that turns that into "up to five million have ever had malware" which shows some ignorance of statistics, and then you turn that into "about five million are infected with malware now".
tripzilch 12y ago
The downvotes are because you're derailing the thread with something that is completely off-topic.