Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: 3.5 Floppies
From:    Rob Mccart
Date:    Mon Mar 02, 2026 07:57

@VIA: CAPCITY2
MP>>I would likely be thinking that there being malware in the Windows
  >>code isn't so much the problem as there being malware written to
  >>exploit Windows code.

RM>> Yes, the biggest threat is going to be to the OS that is most common
  >> and most often used by companies and financial institutions so there
  >> would be more people trying to attack Windows than Linux I'd think.

MP>I think that used to be correct.  Now with a lot of the public facing
  >servers running linux, that is starting to change some.  I am seeing more
  >articles about fraudsters targeting linux systems.

That sort of goes along with what I said though.. If more and more
companies are using Linux based servers then that would be the popular
one to be going after with attacks..

I was thinking more of home users whan I said the original though.
I'm sure there are still a lot more stand alone computers running
Windows than Linux..

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