Windows 8 Defeats 85% of Malware Detected In the Past 6 Months 299
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timothy
from the it's-like-voltron dept.
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."
Banana Defeats 100% of Current Malware (Score:5, Funny)
Therefore bananas are now the most secure OS
Re:So, ... some built in security? (Score:4, Funny)
I understand not reading TFA, but did you even read the title?
Re:Banana Defeats 100% of Current Malware (Score:5, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_bunchy_top_virus [wikipedia.org]
Re:In other news (Score:5, Funny)
The malware will work if you run Wine.
I actually have tried that. A lot of the malware that runs fine on Windows crashed or just didn't work properly under Wine. Does that mean Wine is broken, or that the devs haven't broken it enough yet? I can't decide!
Re:In other news (Score:5, Funny)
I copied bash to my Win8 boxen, ran
# rm -rf /
and now Win8 doesn't boot.
Thanks for the perfect solution.
cheers,
Re:No platform is 100 percent secure? (Score:5, Funny)
That's OK, it's 15% backwards compatible.
My computer now has the same odds as me (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No platform is 100 percent secure? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No platform is 100 percent secure? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No platform is 100 percent secure? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So, ... some built in security? (Score:4, Funny)
anti-Microsoft headline (Score:4, Funny)
Windows 8 Incompatible with 85% of the Most Widely Installed Software
Win 8 sucks (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So, ... some built in security? (Score:4, Funny)
You'de be stupid not to use windows! Do you know how many offers I get for free vacations and cheap medication? I never see those popping up on linux.