Windows 8 Defeats 85% of Malware Detected In the Past 6 Months

An anonymous reader writes "Now that Windows 8 is on sale and has already been purchased by millions, expect very close scrutiny of Microsoft's latest and greatest security features. 0-day vulnerabilities are already being claimed, but what about the malware that's already out there? When tested against the top threats, Windows 8 is immune to 85 percent of them, and gets infected by 15 percent, according to tests run by BitDefender."

Comments

Banana Defeats 100% of Current Malware

[Eightbitgnosis]

Why, not a single malware application can be installed on a banana! They too are immune.

Therefore bananas are now the most secure OS

Re:Banana Defeats 100% of Current Malware

[Sabalon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_bunchy_top_virus

Re:So, ... some built in security?

[Anonymous Coward]

I understand not reading TFA, but did you even read the title?

Re:In other news

[Gaygirlie]

The malware will work if you run Wine.

I actually have tried that. A lot of the malware that runs fine on Windows crashed or just didn't work properly under Wine. Does that mean Wine is broken, or that the devs haven't broken it enough yet? I can't decide!

Re:In other news

[mrclisdue]

I copied bash to my Win8 boxen, ran

# rm -rf /

and now Win8 doesn't boot.

Thanks for the perfect solution.

cheers,

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[Farmer Tim]

That's OK, it's 15% backwards compatible.

My computer now has the same odds as me

[Original Cynic]

Windows 8 now ranks in the same odds as having "Safe Sex" with an HIV positive individual. Thanks Microsoft.

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[symbolset]

I don't know if you've heard, but Linux/Android PC's are moving 1.5 million units per day, with a half-billion unit installed base. At the current rate of growth Linux PCs will exceed Earth's human population in Q3 2014.

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[crutchy]

my desktop is full of bomb icons so that it is very risky for a virus to infect it without tripping over one of the bombs and stubbing its toe

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[crutchy]

only windows is fragmented... thats why they made defrag

Re:So, ... some built in security?

[fatphil]

They also neglected to report what percentage of MS Windows users have the required levels of stupidity.

anti-Microsoft headline

[tverbeek]

Windows 8 Incompatible with 85% of the Most Widely Installed Software

Win 8 sucks

[CapOblivious2010]

Unfortunately, windows 8 also defeats 85% of users who attempt to use it do actually do something useful (as opposed to just oohing and aahing over the pretty tiles)

Re:So, ... some built in security?

[NIK282000]

You'de be stupid not to use windows! Do you know how many offers I get for free vacations and cheap medication? I never see those popping up on linux.