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Originally Posted by AZCivic
There's been plenty of security vulnerabilities in MacOS, it's just that hackers want virii that exploit the largest installed base, which is of course Windows.
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Why aren't apache servers violated as much as IIS servers. Last I heard Apache was the #1 webserver.
What hackers realy like to do is just attack what ever is easiest. It doesn't mater if they are the most populous OS or not. Human nature is what it is and people generaly gravitate towards easy.
Also, consider this. Microsoft tries to integrate everything together. This is good in some sense, but it means if there is a flaw in one thing it affects the whole OS. Linux and MacOS and a bunch of other OSs tend to be more componentized (I think I just made up a word). This does two things 1) it limits the effect of the component if it breaks or gets hacked, and 2) It allows choice so you don't have any one piece of software dominating others. So while there may be a word processor that has a majority of users, the majority will be no where near the monopoly Office has on a windows machine.
This makes every computer more unique so it is harder to have cookie cutter virii.
Just an opinion. Don't bite off my head
