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 Posted: Fri May 5th, 2006 05:57 pm
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mcwright



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 Gee, I don't even know if I should go there. Ken C will be lurking in the wings to blast me. :D So, rather than discuss differences, let just deal with facts. As 90-95% of the market is Windows based computers and operating systems, if you want to mess with people's computers you are going aim at the biggest target (i.e. Windows systems). And, Windows is the de-facto standard in business, government and most industry. So, if you want disrupt the world you are going to create spyware, adware, worms, and viruses for Windows.

Mac has been basically ignored for years. No viruses, no worms, no spyware has been created to attack its operating systems. Well, maybe a couple here and there. Mac's newest operating system is a little tougher to hack as well. But, two worms have been put out this year as the Mac OS has gained new popularity on the success of the iPod. Mac recently switched to Intel processors and that has also raised fears that they will be more of a target now for viruses. We will have to see. So far only a handful have been discovered vs. hundreds of thousands for the PC.