On 16/04/2010 23:14, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
Despite all this, I've _never_ had a virus or any kind of malware. My
only
system failures have been the occasional result of a RAM or hard disk
failure. So either I'm doing something terribly right, or you all are
doing
something terribly wrong.
I haven't had a virus either -- that I know of, which is an important
distinction -- but I'm spooked by the number of people who have. The
numbers are astonishingly high. Reports like this makes me very
uncomfortable:
"Across the globe, the average number of PCs hit by malware now stands
around 59 percent, an all-time high for the year. Among 29 countries
tracked, the U.S. ranked ninth with slightly more than 58 percent of
its PCs infected. Taiwan hit first place with an infection ratio of 69
percent, while Norway came in lowest with only 39 percent of its PCs
attacked by malware."
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10363373-83.html>
Would you buy a car which had a 59% component failure rate? Personally
I'd rather go for a FREE car with a very small component
failure rate (Linux); or a more expensive one with a very small
component failure rate (Mac).
Would you teach a class of kids when 60% of them were infected with Flu?
I wouldn't; last time I did I spent 48 hours in bed sweating
my way through a high fever.
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