Is Windows More Vulnerable to Malware than Mac OS X?
Disclaimer up front: I’m a Mac user. Have been for 18 years and I prefer to run the Mac OS. That said, my recommendation, for the home and casual user looking to buy a computer, to buy a Macintosh is based on what I see every day in the field, expunging viruses and spyware from my customers’ machines. This wouldn’t occur if they would use a more secure operating system, and in most cases there is no compelling reason to use a Windows machine.
A recent article at InfoWorld gives some hard facts about Windows’ vulnerabilities that left my blood cold. How is the average user to protect himself against the malware arrayed against him?