It's nice that microsoft has finally managed, with Windows 7 to come close to the security provided out of the box years ago with OSX (or Linux for that matter). However, we've still not seen a self-propagating worm/virus in the wild that can attack OSX without serious user intervention. The fact that there are users out there stupid enough to allow some random site to install software on their computer, and provide their administrator password to do so, and give authorization for it to run, is hardly the fault of any operating system. I don't blame microsoft when a user downloads something off the web then proceeds to blindly install and run it when the program goes rogue. On the other hand, there are numerous examples of people running multiple versions of windows getting pwned by software that was was installed and executed with no user intervention whatsoever, or because they clicked on the wrong link.
shoulda previewed. looks like I forgot to close a ‘bold’ tag.
But on OSX there’s already malware that installs WITHOUT the user’s password.
The biggest OS will always be the biggest target. Fact: Apple recoomends 3rd party AV software. Question: Why?
Fact: OSX was the first to fall 3 years in a row where all things are equal in a hacking competition. Question: Why?
Fact: Windows XP is still used more than OSX and it’s 10 years old.