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Win 7's Malware Infection Rate Climbs, XP's Falls

Posted by timothy on from the balance-in-the-monoverse dept.

BogenDorpher writes "Microsoft released data today showcasing that Windows 7's malware infection rate has climbed by more than 30% during the second half of 2010, while the infection rate for Windows XP has dropped by more than 20%."

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  1. Re:And this is a surprise? by Khoa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What would one expect as usage of XP decreases and Win7 increases?

    The changing usage rate between the two OS's is controlled for. FTFA: It's infection rate per 1000 machines.

  2. Re:And this is a surprise? by somersault · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Security through obscurity is nothing more than an illusion.

    I always find this funny. Passwords, PINs, encryption/decryption keys, hardware tokens etc are all just forms of security through obscurity, too.. they just are a bit more obscure than running an an obscure OS when you use combinations of them, or pick a really good random password, etc.

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    which is totally what she said