Quote Originally Posted by weirjf View Post
Yeah... I'm 100% certain that with 85-90% of all computers running a windows OS that it has SOME deciding factor in what direction virus makers want to place their time and effort.
Since most of the servers that make up the internet backbone are UNIX machines it would actually make sense to target THEM over Windows desktop machines, yet they don't anywhere near as often.

Windows, just because of the way its designed is easier to target with viruses than any other operating system. I'm sure its popularity has something to do with it but primarily its the ease with which it can be compromised that draws the virus writers and more to the point the way Windows is designed makes spreading from machine to machine easier, thus making Windows a bigger target.

Those few virii that have successfully infected *NIX machines just don't propagate as easily and die off before they get wide spread.