Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's
different security approach.
Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than
windows?
While Linux is more secure-by-design than Microsoft, there is some truth
to the idea that Windows is a bigger target because its more popular.
Think of it this way: if you were a virus/spyware/malware writer who
would you target? 95% of the market or 5% of the market?
Also, Linux users tend to be more technically minded and able to
correctly administer their own computers.
My point is that even if Linux *weren't* significantly more secure than
Windows (which I believe it *is*), you still would not see many (or any)
viruses/spyware/malware for it.
Michael Schurter
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