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

Posted by timothy on from the it's-like-voltron dept.

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."

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  1. No platform is 100 percent secure? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Have they tried Linux?

    1. Re:No platform is 100 percent secure? by mrbluze · · Score: 0, Troll

      The main reason why there is less malware for Linux is simply that malware is a business: It's the same reason why there is also less other commercial software for Linux.

      But if you can hijack, say, 15% of linux systems on the web, imagine the profits!

      Linux has less malware because Linux is better. It just is.

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