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    Headlines - Microsoft releases its own security report

    Infosec 2008: Using data from 400-500 million PCs, MS reveals that adware and Trojans are the most common threats.
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    Re: Headlines - Microsoft releases its own security report

    To be fair, he didn’t try to promote Microsoft One Care much, although he did point out that there is 90 percent less malware cropping up on Vista than on XP
    Yes, in the same way Apple don't have viruses.

    If sod all people use Vista, sod all people will write malware for it.

    (thou they're might be something in the whole UAC thing, as the artical mentions most people get the yahoo toolbar, ahem i mean junk by agreeing to it in the EULA)
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    Re: Headlines - Microsoft releases its own security report

    surprise surprise...

    just revealing facts that are already widely known by enthusiasts IMO... if they actually try to stop it concertedly by not botching their patching services constantly then i'll be impressed...

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