Re: Mystisicm or real statistics?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

OK, but what about Windows 98, which is the Windows version I prefer when 
Windows is required?

On Fri, 9 May 2008, John LaCour wrote:

> It says 'vulnerable to malware'.   Here are the stats from PC Tools in
> the article:
>
> "According to statistics gathered from users of PC Tools' ThreatFire
> security service, Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers
> through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and
> 1,021 for Windows XP. "
>
>
> So XP systems have more malware on them than Vista according to PC Tools.
>
> I think it's just a common issue of a correllation vs. causal.
> Perhaps folks running 2K
> these days are better at protecting their systems?   Or Vista is
> generally used by
> folks with new computers who may also be new to learning how to avoid malware
> or downloading special codecs for their new 'puters.
>
> -John
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Alex Eckelberry
> <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:
> > I'm still trying to get my mind around this one.  Is this a confusion
> > between malware and vulnerabilities?
> >
> > http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle
> > .jhtml?articleID=207601217
> >
> > Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s Vista operating system is more susceptible to
> > malware than Windows 2000, and though it's 37% more secure than Windows
> > XP, it's still too vulnerable.
> >
> > Alex
> >
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