SoT wrote:

Martin 53N 1W wrote:

(And viruses simply cannot exist in the first place on other OSes. No 'antivirus' kludges needed.)

They can't?  Why not?

Indeed they can't.

The 'unrestricted access' that viruses (and malware) can exploit on Microsoft products is very greatly and securely restricted on all other multiuser OSes.

An analogy is that you can build a house on a desert island with the assumption that there is noone else there to break in. So you go cheap and don't bother with doors and locks. Other OSes include the doors and locks so that only you can play with your own data and noone else.

(There are strong arguments that MS OSes are just /single user/ systems with a few kludges added to make them /look/ like they are multiuser.)


I started with MS OSes, and still support them. However, I do not use MS for my own systems due to the very obvious shortcomings.


*All* the viruses spread around the web are from and to MS systems.

Good luck,
Martin