------ Rishi Gangoly rishi@theargoncompany.com wrote on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 --------
I wanted to trigger a conversation here on why Viruses infect Windows PCs and not GNU/Linux systems,
Hi Rishi,
Your post reminds me of an article I read on Slashdot last year.
Viruses and Market Dominance - Myth or Fact? ============================================ An article at The Register, authored by Scott Granneman of SecurityFocus, examines the conventional wisdom that if Linux or Mac OS X were as popular as Windows, there would be just as many viruses written for those platforms. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33226.html
Mr. Granneman bluntly says this is wrong, then proceeds to detail the fundamental differences between those OS's and Windows which make Windows an easy and inviting target for virus-writers, as opposed to the Unix-based platforms.