The programming bugs and OS security holes are a big part of the problem. But what about the so-called "features" that Microsoft desides to implement. Or rather how they deside to implement them. I am refering to the Outlook script execution that leads to so many worms spreading through the internet and the Active X "feature" in IE that lets so many spyware/adware programs find their way into a computer. Even the Word script execution that led to the Word viruses a while ago.
If any of these "features" was indeed found necessary, (I'm not so sure that they all are) then they should have been implemented in a way that did not lead to so many security holes.
The programming language choses is of little importance when the actual design provides for the security holes.
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The programming bugs and OS security holes are a big part of the problem. But what about the so-called "features" that Microsoft desides to implement. Or rather how they deside to implement them. I am refering to the Outlook script execution that leads to so many worms spreading through the internet and the Active X "feature" in IE that lets so many spyware/adware programs find their way into a computer. Even the Word script execution that led to the Word viruses a while ago.
If any of these "features" was indeed found necessary, (I'm not so sure that they all are) then they should have been implemented in a way that did not lead to so many security holes.
The programming language choses is of little importance when the actual design provides for the security holes.