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Windows 7's infection rates five times lower than Windows XP
"Windows 7's marketshare continues to grow at a steady pace at the expense of its two older siblings, Windows Vista and XP, according to the data from StatCounter. In terms of global usage, Windows XP is at 46.44%, Windows Vista at 12.5%, and Windows 7 at 32.64%. Good news for everyone, right? Well, if these adoption numbers aren't convincing enough, perhaps this might convince you (or your technologically challenged peers) - Windows 7 has the lowest infection rates per quarter amongst Microsoft's currently supported operating systems."
Full read here:
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-7s-infection-rates-five-times-lower-than-windows-xp
These stats come from Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report and I post FYI only:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/5/605BE103-9429-4493-898B-E3D50AB68236/Microsoft_Security_Intelligence_Report_volume_10_July-Dec2010_English.pdf
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May 15th, 2011 06:00
I finally have access to a group of new win7 (32 bit) systems at work, so I'm very interested in seeing how "inherently secure" these are... especially since they will be in a designated "communal" area where just about "anyone" will be able to get their hands on them! Time will tell.