![]() ![]() Trojans, exploits and other forms of malware do exist and are in the "wild" for anyone to stumble across. Firstly, what no-one seems to understand is the true definition of a virus. I relaise that you are not biased and you have attempted to give a fair opinion on the situation, but your facts are highly flawed. So No, its not just the popularity of Windows that makes it the target for viruses, its the way it handles its software and the way its been designed. This means there every1 can report a programming mistake, virus or other malicious code and bossibly fix it. Not to mention one of the strenght of open source, every1 can check the code. All the programs in there have been checked before made available. ![]() Why? because Package manager is somesort of aplication database hosted by the distributor. In Linux (again dunno about MAC) its almost imbossible to get a virus if you only download files trough package manager. Ofcourse its bossible to infect any linux mac computer with virus by giving the virus program root password, but then you can only blame your own stupidity. It could not do anything beyond that because it doesnt have root/admin rights. Meaning that if a program would have a virus in it, it would only mess up the program it self. In windows, every program you have installed can do pretty much anything to your computer, while in Linux they seem to work seperatly from the main Os. I dont know about Mac but if its anything like Linux, the way the system is built is way more secure than the the one windows uses. There are other things to note than just mainstream. ![]()
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