In contrast my Windows machines do not have anti-virus, firewalls and all that other crap. My machines have NEVER been infected with anything (I smell malware a mile away).
That says it all, doesn't it?
Nowadays most effort is done to infect remote machines and stay unnoticed. And they are successful.
And then somebody comes and tells something like above!
Kits sold underground are guaranteed to infect any Windows computer that visits malicious website. Regardless Windows version, regardless what browser is used. They are guaranteed to work for six months, if MS happens to patch the vulnerability they use you'll get free upgrade.
Windows machine directly exposed to the internet gets broken into as soon as it is found. Last time I checked the time to break in was under a minute.
Anti-virus/malware works by blacklisting known threats. You cannot take seriously an operating system which uses blacklisting as primary defense. Does not pass common sense test.
I'll stop here. Hopefully most people will get the message.
I do not hope I can convince someone who confuses infected website with infected operating system, or who thinks "fine grained permissions" compensate for security holes.
As long as I'm considered this thread is closed. I've better things to do than argue with simpletons, this is also not what these forums are for.
Everybody have a good day now.
