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Originally Posted by greencreeper
That's illogical though - it doesn't follow that a popular OS is more likely to be hacked. The reason Windows is a target is (a) it's full of holes; and (b) everybody (apart from CF posters  ) hates Microsoft - it embodies everything that is bad about capitalism. Are Apache webservers constantly being hacked? |
I don't doubt that the fact that Windows has security holes (and, sorry to say this, it's not the only OS that does) and the fact that people hate Microsoft has persuaded some hackers to turn their attention to it, but the fact is that hackers (particularly script kiddies) are more likely to go for the more popular OS (whatever it happens to be at the time). This is simply because any exploits for it are more likely to publicised. I personally think the same would apply if Linux were the predominant O/S.