Windows 8 Defeats 85% of Malware Detected In the Past 6 Months

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

[Eightbitgnosis]

Why, not a single malware application can be installed on a banana! They too are immune.

Therefore bananas are now the most secure OS

Re:So, ... some built in security?

[Anonymous Coward]

I understand not reading TFA, but did you even read the title?

Re:Banana Defeats 100% of Current Malware

[Sabalon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_bunchy_top_virus [wikipedia.org]

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Re:In other news

[mrclisdue]

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?

[Farmer Tim]

That's OK, it's 15% backwards compatible.

My computer now has the same odds as me

[Original Cynic]

Windows 8 now ranks in the same odds as having "Safe Sex" with an HIV positive individual. Thanks Microsoft.

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[symbolset]

I don't know if you've heard, but Linux/Android PC's are moving 1.5 million units per day, with a half-billion unit installed base. At the current rate of growth Linux PCs will exceed Earth's human population in Q3 2014.

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[crutchy]

my desktop is full of bomb icons so that it is very risky for a virus to infect it without tripping over one of the bombs and stubbing its toe

Re:No platform is 100 percent secure?

[crutchy]

only windows is fragmented... thats why they made defrag

Re:So, ... some built in security?

[fatphil]

They also neglected to report what percentage of MS Windows users have the required levels of stupidity.

anti-Microsoft headline

[tverbeek]

Windows 8 Incompatible with 85% of the Most Widely Installed Software

Win 8 sucks

[CapOblivious2010]

Unfortunately, windows 8 also defeats 85% of users who attempt to use it do actually do something useful (as opposed to just oohing and aahing over the pretty tiles)

Re:So, ... some built in security?

[NIK282000]

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.