Mac OS X 'world's safest computing environment'
Ivan | Wed, 2004-11-03 06:52Quote:
In "the most comprehensive study it has ever undertaken," the mi2g Intelligence Unit found that the world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environment (operating system and applications) to be the Open Source platform of BSD and Mac OS X. "The study was conducted over 12 months, the London-based analyst firm said in a statement. The last 12 months have witnessed the deadliest yearly period in terms of malware -- viruses, worms and trojans -- proliferation targeting Windows-based machines, in which over 200 countries and tens of millions of computers worldwide have been infected. The mi2g Intelligence Unit said its study analysed 235,907 successful digital breaches against permanently connected -- online 24/7 (24 hours a day, seven days a week) -- computers across the globe, covering a wide variety of entities."
via macminute
nothing new here. :) we knew that already, why do an expensive research to prove that? :P
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Not to rain on the parade, but one must always be conscious of the fact Mac OS X has a very small installed base; most of which are in "non-critical" business arenas. Were we to swap market share with Windows, I'd bet my bottom dollar we'd quickly become the most infected/attacked OS.
At 3%+/- market share, who really cares about us?
Alec
that's true, but on the other hand since there is no Mac OS X virus out there it's a much bigger pride for a hacker to create the very first one, than to write the no.345.802th Windows virus.
shhhh... someone might hear you! :wink:
Alec
Mississauga wrote:
I concur :)
true, let's be quiet about this as long as it last :)
...and again a PC vs Mac thread. I don't get it, but it must be me.